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Mosby

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21. More like 30k to 40k protesters have been killed

Reply to riversedge (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 15, 2026, 09:18 PM

18 hrs ago

As many many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—indicating a dramatic surge in the death toll. So many people were slaughtered by Iranian security services on that Thursday and Friday, it overwhelmed the state’s capacity to dispose of the dead. Stocks of body bags were exhausted, the officials said, and eighteen-wheel semi-trailers replaced ambulances.
https://time.com/7357635/more-than-30000-killed-in-iran-say-senior-officials/

Iran opposition outlet says regime killed over 36,000 people on January 8-9
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-opposition-outlet-says-regime-killed-over-36000-people-on-january-8-9/

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