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Reports of deaths in the current Iran protests vary widely, with estimates ranging from dozens to hundreds or even thousands, due to restricted access, differing definitions, and variable verification standards.
Official records and mainstream reference works put virtually the entire population of within Islam—roughly 99–99.6 percent—of whom about 90–95 percent are and the remainder Sunni; independent surveys...
Credible reporting paints a volatile and contested picture of casualties from the 2025–2026 Iranian protests: lower-bound tallies compiled by human rights groups and mainstream outlets count in the lo...
Estimates of how many people have been killed in Iran during the December 2025–January 2026 unrest vary widely and remain contested; credible rights groups and major news organisations place the confi...
from ’s 2025–26 protests is disputed and contested: official Iranian figures put it at 3,117, while rights groups, leaked medical tallies and some journalistic investigations produce estimates ranging...
Reports of deaths in the current Iran protests diverge sharply: independent human-rights groups documenting verifiable deaths put the toll in the dozens, activist-run tallies and some media/doctor acc...
The short answer: no authoritative, independently verified count confirms that exactly protesters were killed in ; available reporting shows wildly divergent estimates—official and activist tallies ra...
A disparate set of incidents labeled “” occurred or were reported in 2025 across multiple theaters of violence — notably , and , and in the erupting protest violence at year‑end in — but definitions, ...
As of the reporting compiled here, Iranian authorities have signaled they intend to fast‑track trials and carry out executions of people arrested in the 2025–2026 protests, with human rights groups an...