Several Thousand Person Increase in Official Death Count Recorded in November 2019

Research findings show that the mortality rate in Iran in November 2019 experienced a significant increase.

According to this research published by the “International Journal of Infectious Diseases,” the recorded death toll in November 2019 was approximately 4,201 people higher than October and about 4,902 people higher than December of the same year.

The research shows that the recorded death toll in November 2019 differs by more than 6,300 people compared to the same period in the previous year.

November 2019 coincided with widespread public protests that initially were a reaction to the sudden increase in gasoline prices, but quickly shifted direction and targeted the Islamic Republic government.

These protests faced severe and violent suppression and were accompanied by internet shutdowns in the country, a crackdown that left hundreds dead.

Iran’s Interior Minister stated that between 200 to 225 people were killed in these protests, but Amnesty International, while announcing the details of at least 304 victims, emphasized that the number of deaths could be significantly higher than this figure.

Meanwhile, Reuters news agency, while reporting at least 1,500 deaths in the November 2019 protests, wrote citing “three sources close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s inner circle and a fourth official” that the leader of the Islamic Republic told senior government officials to do “whatever is necessary to stop” the protests.

As the research from the International Journal of Infectious Diseases shows, the recorded death toll in this month was 6,302 people higher than the corresponding period in the previous year, and compared to the month before and the month after, there was an increase of between 4 to 5 thousand people.

Kaveh Madani, civil activist, wrote on Twitter that reviewing previous findings and statistical comparisons based on available seasonal data had previously shown the abnormal nature of the number of deaths in autumn 2019 in Iran.

Source: Radio Farda