The UN Human Rights Council has suggested a dialogue-based solution for Iran amid graphic videos surfacing on the internet beside uninterrupted internet shutdown.
The council also formally condemned the crackdown by the Iranian regime.
“The killing on the streets may have subsided, but the brutality continues. The only way out of this frightening escalation is through dialogue based on the human rights of all Iranians,” Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said at the UN.
Iranians are left isolated due to ongoing internet blackouts, but amid such controls, graphic videos are being surfaced on the internet – with rows of dead bodies with graphic violence footage.
Iranian official data are reporting more than 3,000 deaths, though independent estimates suggest significantly higher numbers.
State television broadcast statements from the Interior Ministry and the Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs, which provides support to families of war casualties. The agencies stated that 3,117 individuals were killed during the unrest that erupted on December 28. Of these, 2,427 were identified as civilians and security personnel, with no further details provided on the remaining fatalities.
Iranian officials have previously been accused of underreporting or omitting death counts from periods of civil unrest.
In contrast, the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported early Thursday that the toll had reached at least 4,902, with concerns that additional deaths remain unconfirmed. HRANA, which has maintained a reliable track record on Iranian protests over the years, draws on a network of in-country activists to verify fatalities. Other human rights organizations have similarly cited figures exceeding the government’s tally, with some unofficial reports ranging from 12,000 to 20,000 deaths.
The protests continue into their second week amid a nationwide internet blackout imposed by the government.
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