The bloodiest conflict in the region in years. More than 36,000 people may have died in Iran. people

36,500 people may have died in the Iranian protests. people; This is the bloodiest conflict in the region in years – wrote the website Iran International, one of the centers trying to determine the number of victims. Iran is under an information blockade, making it difficult to obtain complete information.

Individual centers – media, organizations – base their estimates on various data. The American biweekly “Time”, citing information obtained from two high-ranking employees of the Ministry of Health in Tehran, estimated that the number of deaths exceeded 30,000.

The Human Rights Activists Information Agency (HRANA), which is trying to verify information about each individual victim, confirmed the deaths of 6,126 people as of Tuesday. It also continues to investigate the cases of approximately 17,000 people. other potential deaths.

One victim every five seconds

Iran International reported that the number was 36,500. killed according to documents included by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in a report submitted to the Supreme National Security Council of Iran on January 24 this year.

The portal emphasized that all these deaths were to occur in just two days – January 8 and 9. That means 18,250 dead per day, 760 per hour, 13 per minute, one person killed every five seconds. None of the regional conflicts, even those called “genocidal”, were characterized by equally high casualty rates, the website assessed.

The bloodiest conflict in years

During the Iran-Iraq war between 1980 and 1988, an average of 188 civilians were killed per day during the 80-day bombing of Iranian cities.

In 1982, Syrian forces attacked the revolted city of Hama with artillery and aircraft for nearly a month, killing between 370 and 1,480 people each day.

In Iraq, between 30,000 and 100,000 people lost their lives in the Shiite and Kurdish uprising in 1991. people. This means 1,400 to 4,800 deaths per day.

According to Palestinian data, over 71,600 people died in the two-year-long war in the Gaza Strip, which began with Hamas' attack on Israel. people. It is estimated that the number of civilian victims may range from 51,000 to 54,000. On average, from 70 to 74 a day – emphasized the portal.

Between 70 and 112 people died in the protests that took place after the presidential elections in Iran in 2009. On the bloodiest day, there were from 8 to 37 victims.

A total of 540-600 people died in the Iranian protests that took place after the death of Mahsa Amini (she died in 2022 after being detained by the riot police) from September to March of the following year.

Iran International noted that even though the data disclosed by the Iranian authorities, considered to be a fraction of the reality, amounted to 3,117 deaths. This proves that the current scale of repression is unprecedented, the website noted. (PAP)

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