Reuters quotes Iranian officials as saying that around 1,500 people were killed in the November protests.
Reuters news agency, citing four reliable sources and an Iranian official, reported that about 1,500 people were killed in the protests in Iran in the last week of November. The killings took place after an order from Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic.
After about five weeks of bloody protests in dozens of small and large cities in Iran, the first casualty figures were released.
On Monday, December 23, Reuters reported in an exclusive report, citing Iranian officials, that about 1,500 people were killed in the protests in Iran during the last week of that month.
Reuters has written that Ayatollah Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, himself has issued orders to crack down on protesters.
The news agency wrote that Ayatollah Khamenei's order to severely suppress the protesters has been confirmed by three sources close to the leader of the Islamic Republic.
According to Reuters, in less than two weeks of protests in Iran, about 1,500 people were killed, including 17 children and teenagers. 400 of those killed were women, as well as members of the police and security forces.
Ali Khamenei's decree: Do whatever you can.
Reuters writes in its special report on the November unrest that after several days of widespread protests last month, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appeared worried and intolerant. He gathered senior security and government officials and issued a decree: “Do everything you can to stop them.”
Reuters writes that three reliable sources within the circle of the Islamic Republic's leader have confirmed the authenticity of Ali Khamenei's order. A fourth person, an official of the Islamic Republic, has also confirmed that such an order was issued. And thus, the bloodiest event since the 1979 revolution in Iran took place on the orders of Ali Khamenei.
Source: DW
