IRAN - Over 1,500 protesters killed during the protests in November

Over 1,500 protesters killed during the protests in November. The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran issued a statement on December 15, 2019, confirming that over 1,500 protesters have been killed during the Iran protests in November across the country. The Iranian Resistance has compiled information on the deaths of at least 400 in Tehran, 320 in Kermanshah, 270 in Fars, 240 in Khuzestan, 120 in Isfahan, and 100 in Alborz (Karaj). According to eyewitnesses, hundreds of bodies were taken to Namazi Hospital in Shiraz during the uprising. This information has not been accounted for in the death toll compiled by the Iranian Resistance and is being investigated. The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) also released the names of 28 more martyrs of the uprising, bringing to 504 the number of those killed in 56 cities identified by name among the estimated 1,500 protesters.