US media has claimed, citing Iranian health department officials, that the number of citizens killed during violent protests in the country could be 30,000. According to US media, Iranian health department officials revealed that more than 30,000 people were killed on Iran’s streets during the violent protests on January 8 and 9. According to US media, two senior officials from Iran’s Ministry of Health said that security personnel opened severe fire on the protests, during which vehicles for collecting bodies ran short. Iranian health department officials stated that the state’s stock of body bags was also exhausted; large trailers were used to collect bodies on January 8 and 9.
On the other hand, a human rights organization based in the US stated that they have verified 5,459 deaths in Iran and are investigating 17,031 more individuals.
It may be noted that Iran’s Legal Medicine Organization had stated in its statement that a total of 3,117 people were killed during the recent violent protests.
