Iranian authorities yesterday announced for the first time the outcome of the protests following the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, in Tehran, saying that more than 300 people have been killed since they erupted in mid-September. arrested about forty foreigners on its soil, and the Oslo-based Organization for Human Rights in Iran reported another death toll in Tehran due to government crackdowns on protests, which amounted to about 416 people.
Iran witnessed protests following the death of Iranian Kurdish Mahsa Amini (22) on September 16 after she was arrested by the vice police in Tehran for violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code. Six were sentenced to death in the first instance pending appeal Supreme Court.
“The death of this woman affected everyone in the country. I do not have the latest figures, but I believe that more than 300 martyrs, including children, have fallen in the country since this incident.
The latest official figures are closest to the number of 416 people “killed in the crackdown in Iran” released by the Oslo-based Organization for Human Rights in Iran.
