The Iran Human Rights Organization has announced that since the start of protests in the country, at least 648 demonstrators, including nine children, have been killed, and thousands of others have been injured.
Mahmoud Amiry-Moghaddam, the head of the Norway-based organization, told BBC Persian that these figures represent a minimum estimate and that, in his view, the actual number of victims is significantly higher, as reliable information has not been received from many cities.
According to the human rights group, due to internet shutdowns and severe restrictions on access to information, independent verification under current conditions faces serious challenges, and documentation using the organization’s usual methods has become nearly impossible.
Mr. Amiry-Moghaddam added that the majority of these casualties have been reported since Thursday, following the internet shutdown.
The Iran Human Rights Organization has also estimated that the number of people detained during the protests has exceeded 10,000.
