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Iran International estimates regime killed over 36,000 people on January 8-9
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Opposition-affiliated Iranian news site Iran International now reports that over 36,000 people were killed by the regime during protests earlier this month, numbers similar to those previously reported by Time magazine.
The outlet says its estimate for the death toll in the brutal repression of January 8-9 is based on extensive data it compiled from “classified documents, field reports, and accounts from medical staff, witnesses, and victims’ families.”
It says the numbers make the killings the “bloodiest massacre of civilians during street protests, over a two-day period, in history.”
Beyond the mass killings at protests, the outlet says it received evidence, including photos, that some people were executed by security forces while receiving treatment for injuries at hospitals.
“The organized killings across Iran indicate the brutal crackdown was carried out with the agreement and cooperation of state institutions and on the orders of the highest authorities of the Islamic Republic,” it says.
Times magazine’s report had cited two unnamed senior officials in the country’s Ministry of Health.
So far, the the Iranian government has acknowledged a toll of 3,117, including some members of security services.
The Times of Israel Community.