Iran's top prosecutor on Friday called U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated claims that he halted the hangings of 800 detained protesters there "completely false." Meanwhile, the overall death toll from a bloody crackdown on nationwide demonstrations rose to at least 5,

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said the death toll was at least 4,560. The agency has been accurate throughout the years on demonstrations and unrest in Iran, relying on a network of activists inside the country that confirms all reported fatalities. The Associated Press has been unable to independently assess the death toll.

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Widening demonstrations sparked by Iran's ailing economy spread Thursday into the Islamic Republic's rural provinces, with at least eight people being killed in the first fatalities reported among security forces and protesters, authorities said.

The Islamic Republic has experienced multiple mass protests in recent years, but the latest round of demonstrations come at a particularly difficult moment for the regime. Iranian people hold the national flags next to a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader ...

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When protests erupt in Iran, casualty figures often diverge sharply across sources. International human rights groups publish conservative minimum counts. Iranian authorities release far lower official numbers.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said “several thousand” people were killed during recent anti-government protests, blaming individuals linked to the United States and Israel for the violence.