More than 200 people are believed to have been killed in Iran in the last month during protests over a hike in government-set gasoline prices and a crackdown that followed, according to a report published by human rights group Amnesty International.
and has seen minimum prices for government-subsidized gasoline rise by 50 percent.
The state TV report sought to describe killings in four categories, alleging some of those killed were “rioters who have attacked sensitive or military centers with firearms or knives, or have taken hostages in some areas.” The report described others killed as passers-by, security forces and peaceful protesters, without assigning blame for their deaths.
Iranian mourners attend the funeral of Morteza Ebrahimi, a commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who was killed in violent demonstrations that erupted across Iran last week, on Nov. 20.Amnesty offered no breakdown for the deaths elsewhere in the country, though it said “the real figure is likely to be higher.”
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