According to the National Security Council and the Iranian forensic medicine, the number of people killed in the recent protests was 3,111, of which 2,427 were “people” as well as security forces and police.
This is while human rights organizations and some media outlets have announced different figures for the number of victims. At the same time, HRANA has confirmed the killing of nearly 5,000 people in Iran in recent weeks.
The National Security Council issued a statement on the evening of Wednesday, January 21, announcing that a total of 3,111 people were killed in the protests that took place in Iran last January, of which 2,427 were civilians and security forces or police.
Ali Akbar Pourjamshidian, the secretary of the National Security Council, also announced on state television that individuals who were civilians or government forces were considered “martyrs.” He also said that the 690 people who were “not among the martyrs were terrorists, rioters, and those who attacked military sites.”
This is despite the fact that the National Security Council has not provided any explanation on how and in what manner the victims were separated.
Mohammad Jafar Ghaempanah, the executive vice president and head of the presidential office, also said that these deaths occurred on January 8 and 9, and that “no one had been killed before that.”
The Secretary of the National Security Council also stated the amount of damage caused during these protests as follows: 305 ambulances and buses, 24 gas stations, 700 ordinary people’s shops, 300 private homes, 750 banks, 414 government places, 749 police stations, 120 Basij bases, 200 schools, 350 mosques and thousands of volumes of the Quran, dozens of libraries, 89 seminaries, 253 bus stations, 600 ATMs, 800 private cars.
This is while the latest report by HRANA, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists Association in Iran, indicates that 4,902 people have been killed, of which 4,622 were protesters, 40 were children under the age of 18, 201 were government or allied forces, both military and civilian, and 39 were non-protesters and civilians.
According to the news agency, the sources of these figures are family and medical information of the victims, and it also said that another 8,9494 cases are under investigation.
The Iranian Human Rights Organization had also reported 3,428 deaths as of January 14.
However, Jennifer Kant, HRANA’s legal advisor, said that these numbers are not an estimate of the total damages, but only reflect cases that have been confirmed “independently and based on primary sources.”
In a speech in recent days, Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, announced that several thousand people were killed in these protests and blamed Israel and the United States for this. https://www.iran-tribune.com/n/ir/216 NEWS