Thousands of demonstrators are being killed and injured.
Foreign AffairsMiddle East
- Omissions
- The claim was made on 20 January 2026, during the early weeks of the protests that began on 28 December 2025. Precise casualty figures were still emerging at that time.
- The sources available by the session date (Amnesty International reports from January 2026) documented mass killings and injuries but did not yet provide consolidated final death tolls. Higher figures (such as the 30,000 cited in later reports) were published after the session date.
- The claim refers to ongoing events ('are being killed') during active protests with rapidly evolving casualty figures.
- Sources
- SecondaryAmnesty InternationalJanuary 2026 marks the deadliest period of repression by the Iranian authorities in decades of Amnesty's research; security forces used unlawful force, firearms and prohibited weapons against protesters resulting in mass killings and serious injuries
- SecondaryAmnesty InternationalVerified videos and credible information from eyewitnesses reveal mass unlawful killings committed on an unprecedented scale amidst the crackdown on protests
- TertiaryWikipedia - 2025-2026 Iranian protestsNationwide demonstrations against the government of Iran began on 28 December 2025 amid a deepening economic and political crisis; protests triggered by controversial new laws and economic conditions