Overview
- Time, citing two Health Ministry officials, reports roughly 30,000 deaths over 48 hours, with a hospital-based tally of 30,304 and accounts of exhausted body-bag supplies and semitrailers used to move bodies.
- Iran International says classified records indicate more than 36,500 killed as IRGC and Basij forces used live fire across 400-plus cities, with orders described as shoot to kill.
- HRANA confirms 5,848 deaths with 17,091 additional cases under review and reports 41,283 arrests, while NetBlocks says the shutdown is obscuring the scale of the crackdown.
- Iranian authorities maintain an official toll of 3,117 and dismiss the higher counts, with a foreign ministry spokesman labeling Time’s report a “big lie.”
- The new estimates intensify external pressure, with the UN extending its Iran fact-finding mission, U.S. forces repositioning in the region, and Tehran warning of a broad response to any attack.