Tehran: Iran has acknowledged 300 deaths in protests against the killing of Mehsa Amini in police custody.
According to details, an Iranian general admitted on Monday that more than 300 people have been killed in the unrest during protests across the country.
This is the first official statement about the deaths during the protests in the last 2 months.
However, the number is much lower than the number reported by a US-based human rights group, which has been closely monitoring the protests in Iran since the September 16 killing of young woman Mehsa Amini by moral police. is watching.
The organization claims that since the start of the unrest, 451 protesters and 60 security personnel have been killed and more than 18,000 people have been detained.
The protests, which began after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was detained for violating the Islamic Republic of Iran’s strict dress code, have now turned to calls for the end of the religious regime in Iran. , which has become the most serious challenge to the ruling clerics since the 1979 revolution.
General Amir Ali Hajizada, commander of the Aerospace Division of the Military Revolutionary Guards, said that more than 300 people had been killed, including the ‘martyrs’. His gesture was towards the security forces. It should be noted that a strict ban has been imposed on media coverage of protests in Iran.
