The Oslo-based watchdog on Thursday published the names of more than 4,200 people it says were killed during the January protests, its most extensive documentation yet of the bloodshed. It warned that the true toll is likely considerably higher.
IHR said the list was compiled through months of data collection, cross-checking sources and verifying victims’ identities.
Among those identified are at least 420 women and 281 children under the age of 18. Twenty-five of the children were younger than 14, while the youngest documented victim was four and a half months old.
The organisation stressed that the figures represent a minimum documented toll, citing internet and telecommunications blackouts, threats against families, restricted access to hospitals and forensic records, and the impossibility of conducting independent investigations inside Iran.
The killings were documented across 30 of Iran’s 31 provinces. IHR said testimonies and case files showed recurring patterns of lethal force, including direct fire into gatherings, shots aimed at vital organs, sniper fire, and people being shot from behind or while fleeing. Some of those killed were not participating in demonstrations, it added.
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