How Many People Were Killed in Iran’s Crackdown? (WSJ)
Efforts to establish the death toll in the Iranian protests are confounded by the regime’s internet blockade, but even the most conservative estimates take the tally way beyond some of the most brutal political crackdowns in modern history.
Even the lowest estimates—between 2,000 and 3,000—have surged past the death tolls in unrest during protests in 2019 and 2022.
I have sadly seen much higher estimates circulating which may be confirmed eventually.
Further complicated by the fact that Iran authorities demanding large sums for return of protesters’ bodies, BBC told
Economist Writing Every Day 