Iran’s security forces are believed to have used lethal force to quell the rising anti-government protests in the Islamic Republic, local media reports suggest. The sweeping crackdown has resulted in mass casualties amid a near-total internet shutdown, Iran International reported.The nationwide internet shutdown that started on January 8 has made it a challenging task to obtain a full picture of events on the ground. However, the Iranian media outlet cited ‘volume and consistency of incoming accounts’, which, it said suggest the wide use of lethal force to disperse protesters.The most conservative estimates indicate that at least 2,000 people have been killed over the past 48 hours, as per Iran International.“Bullets, who knows, tear gas, whatever you can think of, they would fire them,” CNN quoted a protester as saying. Demonstrators in Iran told the American publication about the grave scenes they witnessed with “bodies piled up on each other” inside a hospital.n18oc_crux | n18oc_world #iran #iranprotests #trump #netanyahu #khamenei #cruxcollabwithcnn 0:00 INTRODUCTION2:44 TRUMP SAYS US “STANDS READY TO HELP”5:30 ISRAEL ON HIGH ALERT OVER LIKELY US ACTION IN IRAN6:30 KHAMENEI PLACES IRGC ON ‘HIGHEST ALERT’ 7:40 “MOSSAD INSTIGATING IRANIANS TO RISE UP AGAINST REGIME”
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