"Amid a weeks-long Internet blackout, information about the extent of the crackdown on protests -- which started with shopkeepers in Tehran demonstrating over an inflation spike and currency freefall -- continues to trickle out as rights groups cobble together reports from hospitals and eyewitnesses. The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) says that as of January 22, following 26 days of unrest, it had verified 5,002 deaths, including 201 security forces, with more than 9,787 deaths still under investigation."
"During a January 23 hearing on the events in Iran, the UN Human Rights Council expressed deep concern over the "unprecedented scale of the violent repression of peaceful protests by security forces in Iran, reports of extrajudicial killings of protesters, including women and children, and the excessive and lethal use of force, which has resulted in the deaths of thousands of peaceful protesters and the injury of many more.""
US warships are heading toward Iran as Iranian officials defend a brutal suppression of anti-leadership protests that the United Nations calls the deadliest crackdown since the 1979 revolution. A weeks-long internet blackout has limited information as rights groups compile reports from hospitals and eyewitnesses. Protests began with Tehran shopkeepers over an inflation spike and currency freefall. The Human Rights Activists News Agency verified 5,002 deaths, including 201 security forces, with 9,787 deaths still under investigation after 26 days. UN special rapporteur Mai Sato warned civilian deaths could surpass 20,000. The UN Human Rights Council reported unprecedented violent repression. President Trump said an "armada" is heading toward Iran and warned Tehran against killing protesters or restarting its nuclear program.
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