Manifestations en Iran: 5.000 morts confirmés, selon une ONG
A US-based NGO said Friday it had confirmed the deaths of 5,002 people during the protest movement that shook Iran earlier this month, including an overwhelming majority of demonstrators.
According to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 4,714 of those killed were protesters, 42 were minors, 207 were members of the security forces and 39 were passers-by.
The organization adds that it is still investigating 9,787 other possible deaths.
The verification work of this organization and others is complicated by the internet shutdown imposed by the authorities in the country since January 8 and still largely in effect on Friday.
HRANA also estimates that at least 26,852 people have been arrested.
The Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR) confirmed the deaths of 3,428 protesters, but said it feared the real figure could reach 25,000.
On Wednesday, Iranian authorities released their first official death toll of 3,117. But according to the government, the vast majority (2,427) were "martyrs"—security forces or bystanders—and not "rioters," as the protesters are being called.
By publishing their own report, the authorities have "attempted to reinforce the official government version regarding the murders", according to the organization HRANA.
- Iran denies having abandoned plans for 800 executions -
The White House spokeswoman had asserted on January 15 that Iran had abandoned plans to execute 800 protesters in the face of threats of intervention made by Donald Trump.
Commenting for the first time on this claim, Iranian Attorney General Mohammad Movahedi-Azad deemed it "totally false," according to his statements reported Friday on the website of the Mizan judicial news agency.
"The unreasonable and arrogant American president (...) claimed to have prevented the execution of 800 people in Iran. This claim is totally false, this figure does not exist and the judiciary has not made any such decision," he reacted.
No cases of execution of Iranian protesters have been reported to date, but human rights organizations have warned that protesters risk being charged with capital crimes, which could land them in the death penalty.
Iran is the second country in the world in terms of executions after China. At least 1,500 death row inmates were executed in Iran in 2025, according to an IHR count.
According to this NGO, twelve people were executed during the last wave of major protests that took place between 2022 and 2023. Twelve other people have been executed for spying for Israel since the war between Israel and Iran last June.
Executions of people unrelated to the protests continued in January. HRANA reported on Thursday that 14 prisoners, accused of murder or drug trafficking, were executed this week in various Iranian prisons.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday called on Iranian authorities "to end their brutal repression, including summary trials and disproportionate sentences."
"I demand the immediate release of all those arbitrarily detained by the Iranian authorities. And I call for a complete moratorium on the death penalty," the UN official added, at the opening of a special session of the Human Rights Council devoted to the situation in that country.
Commentaires (5)
Même pas besoin de vérifier la véracité de ses informations et on est déjà dans la réaction souhaitée par les auteurs !
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