"A weeks-long communications blackout continues in Iran, but the world is beginning to piece together the brutality of the Iranian regime's protest crackdown. Videos of security forces shooting protesters and a trickle of eyewitness accounts are just a small window into the staggering toll of state repression. More than 6,100 people have been killed, and more than 41,000 arrested, according to the Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA), a news association of Iranian human rights activists."
"As of about January 12, Iranian security forces have largely quashed the demonstrations, which began late last year in Tehran's bazaars and soon engulfed the entire country. But Iran remains in a precarious position. Iranians at home and abroad face the uncertain aftermath of the regime's ruthless protest crackdown. Iran's economy remains in shambles, and a corrupt and regionally diminished regime has no clear remedy to the public fury."
A weeks-long communications blackout continues in Iran, obstructing full documentation of state violence. Videos and eyewitness accounts reveal massive repression. HRANA reports more than 6,100 killed and more than 41,000 arrested, with another 17,000 deaths under investigation; two Iranian health officials told TIME that 30,000 may have died on January 8–9 alone. By about January 12, security forces had largely quashed nationwide demonstrations that began among Tehran's struggling bazaars. The regime remains precarious, with a shattered economy, systemic corruption, regional isolation, and the looming possibility of U.S. military action. Many Iranians wait anxiously for international response.
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