“The international human rights organization Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) confirmed the death of 648 demonstrators during the mass protests that swept Iran. Human rights defenders emphasize that due to the information blockade, the true scale of the tragedy is much greater.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Iran Human Rights report for January 12
Details: According to the monitoring group, among the 648 confirmed dead are nine minors. The security forces of the Islamic Republic use firearms against the participants of the protests, shooting at the lesions. Thousands of people have been injured, but many of them do not go to hospitals for fear of arrest.
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The organization warns that verified data is only the tip of the iceberg. According to IHR sources, the real number of those killed may exceed 6,000 people.
A total “internet shutdown” helps the authorities to hide the scale of the violence. According to the NetBlocks service, national Internet traffic in Iran fell to 0% of normal as early as January 8.
The Iranian regime has not only turned off the mobile Internet, but also jams satellite signals, in particular blocking Starlink terminals that activists tried to use to transmit video evidence of brutal crimes.
Human rights activists report overcrowded morgues and secret burials carried out by security forces to hide the number of victims.
The dynamics of the increase in the number of victims indicates a sharp increase in repression in Iran. A few days ago, the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported the killing of 538 civilians.
What preceded:
- Mass protests have been ongoing in Iran since the end of December 2025, which began due to the economic crisis and turned into an anti-government uprising. According to human rights defenders, the number of dead has already exceeded 500 peoplemore than 10 thousand were arrested.
- Against the backdrop of massive anti-government uprisings in Iran USA, Sweden and France began the evacuation of their citizens, warning of a critical level of danger in the country.
- US President Donald Trump supported the Iranian people and threatened military intervention if the killings of civilians continued.
- The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, called the events in Iran an “insurrection” and called on the world to help the Iranians overthrow the regime that supplies Russia with weapons.