Activists say death toll from security crackdown on Iranian protesters exceeds 4,000

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Activists say death toll from security crackdown on Iranian protesters exceeds 4,000  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.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/01/20/activists-say-death-toll-from-security-crackdown-on-iranian-protesters-exceeds-4000  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00The number of deaths in a crackdown by authorities during Iran's ongoing nationwide anti-government

00:06protests now exceeds 4,000, according to the U.S.-based human rights activist's news

00:12agency.

00:14They fear the number will grow far higher as information leaks out of the country, still

00:19gripped by the government's decision to shut down the Internet.

00:22Iranian officials have not given a clear death toll, but Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

00:28acknowledged for the first time on Saturday that the protests had left several thousand

00:33people dead, blaming the United States.

00:36The agency also reported over 26,000 people had been arrested.

00:41Comments from officials have led to fears of some of those detained being put to death.

00:46Tensions remain high between the United States and Iran over the crackdown after President

00:52Donald Trump drew two red lines, the killing of peaceful protesters and Tehran conducting

00:57mass executions in the wake of the demonstrations.

01:01Trump has repeatedly vowed to intervene should his administration assess that Iran has crossed

01:06those lines.

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