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CHRI – Public Outrage Grows As Reports of Bloody Crackdown Emerge: “Every Corner of Iran is Mourning the Atrocities” As reports of the unprecedented state violence against protestors in Iran begin to emerge now that the state-imposed internet shut-down has been lifted, the full extent of the state’s brutal crackdown is being revealed and Iranians have been reacting with outrage and …

For the first time in more than two weeks, the monopolized state-run TV in Iran has aired a report on killing protesters in at least ten cities across the country. Meanwhile, the report has also confirmed that the Islamic Republic security forces opened fire on a group of protesters in the marshlands of Mahshahr in the oil-rich province of Khuzestan. …

Radiofarda – Brian Hook, U.S. Special Representative for Iran has condemned the Islamic Republic’s actions to harass and persecute Iranian journalists working abroad and their relatives living in Iran. In a tweet on Monday December 2, the U.S. State Department cited Brian Hook as saying, “The Iranian establishment has attacked reporters working at VOA Persian service, Radio Farda, and the …

Iran-HRM – According to credible reports the number of people killed during November 2019 protests in Iran has risen to at least 750. The actual number is definitely higher and Iran Human Rights Monitor continues to investigate. As time passes, more details come to light about brutal crackdown on the protests by Iranian security forces and the number of slain protesters. …

Amnesty – The number of people believed to have been killed during demonstrations in Iran that broke out on 15 November has risen to at least 208, said Amnesty International, based on credible reports received by the organization. The real figure is likely to be higher. Dozens of the deaths have been recorded in Shahriar city in Tehran province – …

CHRI – An unarmed civilian and mother of three young children, Ameneh Shahbazi, was killed by a bullet as she was trying to help a person shot in the leg during a protest, her brother, Mohammad Shahbazi, said in an interview with the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Her death certificate indicated that she had died from a …

CHRI – Hamid Rasouli, who died in the Golshahr district of Karaj, west of Tehran, on November 17, 2019, during the recent protests that swept through in Iran, was struck by bullets fired by security forces, one of his relatives told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on condition of anonymity. A 32-year-old married man, Rasouli was “critical of present …

Al-Monitor – While the protests over gas prices in Iran have completely died down and the internet is back up, Iranians and some officials are attempting to put together the pieces of what happened after President Hassan Rouhani announced fuel subsidy cuts on Nov. 16. Government officials have not yet offered a tally of the number killed or arrested as a result of the protests. Members …

Radiofarda – As the reported death toll form protests in Iran climbs higher, bringing widespread recriminations, some officials appear to be trying to contain the anger by walking back their earlier harsh statements. Some opposition websites, such as Kalemeh, have reported that over 150 protesters shot dead have been buried in only one cemetery in Tehran. Other reports say over 100 bodies …

Iran- HRM – Iranian regime’s Interior Minister ordered the broadcast of forced “confessions” by those arrested. Speaking to the state-run Channel One TV on November 26, the Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli insisted that those arrested should confess on TV to what they have done during the protests. Rahmani Fazli declared that people who had key roles in November protests are being …