The Guardian’s Tess McClure and Deepa Parent reported on Jan. 27 that the “Iranian government has acknowledged more than 3,000 dead, and the US-based organisation HRANA Human Rights Activists News Agency, whose figures have been reliable during previous crackdowns, says it has verified more than 6,000 dead and has more than 17,000 more recorded deaths under investigation, giving a possible total of about 22,000.”
“Other estimates from doctors based outside Iran range up to 33,000 or more,” they continued.
Iran International cites “36,500 killed in 400 cities.”
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As with the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989, the exact number of fatalities in Iran last month will never be known. Estimates of those murdered for protesting in China 37 years ago range from a few hundred to
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