Endless Crime of the Islamic Republic: Bloody Crackdown on Protests, from Bullets to Thousands Killed and Detained

Thousands killed by military bullets, thousands detained with unknown fates, extrajudicial executions—these are merely a glimpse of the endless crime of the Islamic Republic that no global media outlet has the ability to conceal.

According to the latest reports published by several human rights organizations, the number of those killed in Iran’s protests in recent days amounts to approximately 3,000 confirmed deaths, with emphasis that the actual death toll is much higher.

The Iran Human Rights report (an independent human rights organization) states: “There are at least 3,428 confirmed deaths, and more than 10,000 detentions have been recorded.”

Some independent sources have also reported figures between 12,000 to 15,000 deaths, which, given information restrictions, are not yet fully verifiable, but some reports indicate figures of approximately 15,000 deaths.

According to HRANA’s report, protests have occurred in more than 187 cities across all 31 provinces of Iran, and more than 18,000 detentions have been reported—detentions where some individuals have been transferred to unknown locations with unknown fates.

Based on human rights reports and independent local sources, in the city of Azna in Lorestan Province, at least 6 people have been killed in recent days. In the towns of Kuhdasht and Nourabad Dehloran, at least 11 Kurdish citizens have been killed.

The provinces of Kermanshah, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Lordegan, Fars, the city of Mar in Marvdasht, Isfahan, Qom, Hamadan, Ilam, Khuzestan, Tehran, Karaj, Shahriyar, Malard, Shiraz and its surroundings, Rasht, and many other cities have been subjected to attacks and deadly crackdowns by the Islamic Republic.

These figures represent only a portion of cases that have been independently confirmed so far and validated through people’s reports via videos shared through Starlink internet; this comes as internet cuts and government censorship have prevented the names of many cities and victims from being announced.

Field reports also show that security forces and plainclothes operatives have directly fired bullets at crowds, targeting protesters and even non-protesters. In addition to civilian protesters, children are among the casualties.

Meanwhile, thousands of people, including teachers, workers, students, women, and various ethnic groups, have been detained, many of whom are in unknown conditions.

While the Iranian government makes claims about the “12-day war” with Israel, the actual death toll from domestic protests is significantly heavier, to the extent that according to field reports, it has surpassed 12,000 people, and this crackdown cannot even be compared to official wars.

“It is emphasized that official casualty figures from Israel’s war against Iran have not been published, but media outlets have referred to lower casualties in that war; however, in contrast, in domestic protests, these figures are rapidly increasing.”

This wave of protests is one of the bloodiest crackdowns in Iran’s recent history, with thousands killed, tens of thousands detained, and obstruction of free access to information. These announced figures are merely “a drop in the ocean of reality,” and many families are still waiting for the world’s voice.

Some reports from the city of Rasht show that in recent days many young people have been directly targeted by bullets from security forces, with some of the confirmed victims listed as follows:

“Mehdi Qadimi (Babol), Saeed Mirzaei, Ebrahim Ghiomi, Saeed Ebrahimi, Negin Qadimi, Aydin Dowlatkhah, Surna Galgoon, Mehdi Delkhosh, Taban Rahravan, Ali Sadeghi, Amir Shekouri, Behram Zahedi, Masoud Zat-Parvar, Mojtaba Ghorbani, Milad Gholamzadeh, Mobin Yaqubzadeh, and many others whose identities have not yet been confirmed. In addition to these detentions, many more exist about whom there is no information regarding their place of detention and fate.

Some independently confirmed names are also listed by city, including the following individuals:

Khodadad Shirwani from Fars Province, Reza Moradi-Abdolvand from Azna in Lorestan, Rasoul and Reza Kadouriyan from Kermanshah, Ahmad Jalil, Sajad and Lamanesh from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, and many others who have not yet been fully confirmed.