"The government of Iran's reformist President Masud Pezeshkian has published the names and national ID numbers of 2,985 individuals killed during recent nationwide protests. The publication of the government-sanctioned list on February 2 has transformed newsstands into grim memorials, triggering debate over whether the move represents a genuine breakthrough in transparency or a calculated attempt to sanitize a far larger tragedy."
"In an interview with RFE/RL's Radio Farda, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights (IHR), said the sheer volume of names itself amounts to an admission of a "vast massacre" the state could no longer conceal. "They couldn't satisfy public opinion with a lower figure," Amiry-Moghaddam said. "This is an official admission of a widespread slaughter. Even 3,000 is an immense number, but based on our experience, secrecy remains at a very high level.""
Iran's reformist President Masud Pezeshkian's government published names and national ID numbers of 2,985 people killed during recent nationwide protests. State-aligned newspapers displayed the list as evidence of the government's "courageous transparency." Human rights organizations and activists accuse the Islamic republic of attempting to hijack the narrative and downplay the true scale of casualties. The presidency places the death toll at 3,117, citing 131 unidentified bodies. Iran Human Rights director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam described the volume of names as an admission of a "vast massacre," while rights groups report errors, duplicates, and omissions in the published list.
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