More than 500 slain protesters identified with nearly 600 more names being reviewed by dissident activists, among reports that as many 12,000 demonstrators may have been killed by regime forces during internet blackout.
By David Rosenberg, World Israel News
A group of Iranian dissidents tracking the number of identified protesters slain by pro-regime forces during the ongoing crackdown against the popular unrest roiling the country confirmed Monday that 505 demonstrators, including 9 children, have been killed thus far.
The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the media wing of the Washington, DC-based Human Rights Activists in Iran group, which maintains a network of activists inside the Islamic Republic, added that it is currently reviewing the names of another 579 people reportedly killed in the protests.
In addition to the 505 slain protesters whose identities have been confirmed, HRANA said that 133 regime security personnel have also been killed.
However, a London-based anti-regime outlet, Iran International, estimates that the total death toll is significantly higher.
While the dissident outlet previously reported that at least 2,000 protesters had been killed early on in the internet blackout, which began on Thursday, on Tuesday that estimate was raised to 12,000.
“In the largest massacre in Iran’s modern history, at least 12,000 people have been murdered, mainly on two consecutive nights, Thursday and Friday, January 8 and 9,” Iran International‘s editorial board wrote in a statement.
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