Iranian state TV has issued the first official death toll from recent protests, saying 3,117 people were killed in the demonstrations that began Dec. 28. The figure is lower than the 4,560 people activists say died.

Iranian authorities on Wednesday said 3,117 people were killed during protests that first erupted in late December, but activists said the actual toll risked being many times higher due to

The faces of hundreds of people killed during Iran’s violent crackdown on protests have been revealed in leaked photographs, the BBC reports. The images of bloodied, swollen and bruised faces were photographed and displayed in a south Tehran mortuary,

Iran released its first government-issued death toll from a sweeping crackdown on nationwide protests, acknowledging more than 3,000 fatalities — a figure sharply lower than estimates provided by huma

The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency fear the number will grow as information leaks out of a country still gripped by the government's decision to shut down the internet.View on euronews

Activists report toll is at least 4,902, with many more feared dead in the demonstrations that began December 28 Iran offered its first government-issued death toll on Wednesday following a crackdown on nationwide protests,

State television carried statements by the Interior Ministry and the Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs, an official body providing services to families of those killed in wars, saying 3,117 people were killed.

At least 4,500 people have been killed in Iran since the outbreak of protests at the end of December, activists said on Tuesday, as new figures emerged from the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).