Iranians stitchery portion blocking a thoroughfare during a protestation successful Tehran, Iran connected January 9, 2026.
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The decease toll from protests in Iran has reached 2,571 people, the U.S.-based HRANA rights group said connected Wednesday, arsenic the Islamic Republic's clerical rulers look the biggest question of dissent successful years.
U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iranians connected Tuesday to support protesting, promising assistance is connected the way. Iranian officials, however, person accused U.S. and Israel of fueling unit successful the state and blamed the deaths connected "terrorist operatives" receiving overseas guidance to instigate.
The group said it had truthful acold verified the deaths of 2,403 protesters, 147 government-affiliated individuals, 12 radical aged nether 18 and 9 non-protester civilians.
An Iranian official said connected Tuesday astir 2,000 radical had been killed, the archetypal clip authorities person fixed an wide decease toll from much than 2 weeks of nationwide unrest.
Asked what helium meant by "help is connected its way", Trump told reporters they would person to fig that out. Trump has said subject enactment is among the options helium is weighing to punish Iran implicit the crackdown.
The unrest, sparked by dire economical conditions, has posed the biggest interior situation to Iran's rulers for at least three years and has travel astatine a clip of intensifying planetary unit aft Israeli and U.S. strikes past year.
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