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Netblocks, the digital rights watchdog and web connectivity monitor, says that Iran's Internet blackout has now passed 400 hours, although "brief connectivity spikes" give a false impression of a wider restoration and circumvention methods, such as the use of VPNs, is allowing some online communication.

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10:14

Meanwhile, the US-based rights organization HRANA, whose figures RFE/RL has been regularly citing since the violent crackdown began in Iran, says its confirmed death toll is now 5,459 and the number of fatalities stillunder investigationis 17,031.

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09:59

More Than 30,000 People May Have Been Killed In Iran Protests, Says Time Magazine

A video grab taken on January 14 from UGC images posted on social media the previous day shows dozens of bodies lying on the ground at a Tehran medical facility as grieving relatives search for their loved ones.

The Iran protest death toll may surpass more than 30,000 people, according to two senior Iranian health officials who spoke to Time magazine.

Thereport, published on January 25, says the majority of deaths occurred during January 89, when the governments crackdown on nationwide protests reached its peak. Due to intense censorship and a prolonged Internet shutdown, the information could not be independently verified.

The reported figure sharply contradicts theofficial death tollof 3,117 announced by Irans Supreme National Security Council, but aligns more closely with international estimates.

The United Nations has suggested significantly higher casualties, and Mai Sato, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, said on January 22 the number of civilians killed in the crackdowncould surpass 20,000as reports from doctors surface.. Amnesty International has described the killings as being on anunprecedented scale,citing live fire, metal pellets, and theobstruction of access to medical care.

According to Time, the scale of deaths during those two days -- when oppositionists, including former crown prince Reza Pahlavi, had urged people to join the protests -- overwhelmed state resources. Officials reportedly ran out of body bags, ambulances were unable to transport the dead, and authorities resorted to using 18-wheel trucks.

These estimates reportedly align with hospital data reviewed by Dr. Amir Parasta, a German-Iranian eye surgeon. According to him, a count gathered by physicians and first responders shows at least 30,304 deaths as of January 23, a figure he cautioned remains incomplete.

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20:22

24.1.2026

Friends Remember A Vibrant University Student Killed During Protest In Tehran

Zahra Bahlolipour, a 23-year-old student in Tehran, was fatally shot by security forces during a protest against Iran's authoritarian regime on January 8. Her university classmates have been posting tributes to a beloved friend known as Raha. Bahlolipour is among more than 5,000 victims reported killed in the state crackdown on the protest movement, but the full scale of the violence has yet to come to light.