Security forces were given free rein to use lethal force during the January 8–9 crackdown to spread fear and deter further protests in Iran, a senior government official said in a closed-door meeting, according to a source familiar with the talks.
The closed-door meeting was held to brief senior government officials and local governors on the brutal crackdown on protesters, the source told Iran International.
The senior official said security forces were given “full authority and a blank check to attack, with the aim of creating maximum fear to deter the resurgence of protests," the source said.
The order, he added, made no distinction between civilians and others.
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The senior official speaking at the meeting was presenting assessments by security bodies that sharply contradict the government’s official figures on the killings.
While the official death toll stands at nearly 3,000, classified documents and eyewitness reports reviewed by Iran International’s editorial board show that more than 36,500 people were killed during the targeted suppression of Iran’s national uprising on the orders of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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So go on and provide them.
Authoritarian theistic shithole government accepted 3k people dead, so we know that’s a real deal and they can’t just silence that, alright, and the numbers are obviously over what they claim.
But some source pushes it 10x that, alleges they have some insides from within the house. And I’m not informed if it’s a legit media source or on the level of someone’s substack. No names there, nothing, even said article got posted without an author’s name on it, while they do put these on other articles. In order to trust it, and not just average it with the state’s PR team, I need some background, some cred, just something to believe they don’t make these up on the spot.
And that got posted three times by a person that gets called out for their overwhelming presence (on their main acc).
Some ordinary evidence would be sufficient in that case.
Eye witness reports show Iran is actively trying to disguise the death toll. That puts the burden of proof on Iran that their number is right.
10x doesn’t seem too far off. It’s like the number of rapes being notoriously higher than the number of reported rapes.
There are a lot of people worried about a large death toll being used to justify foreign intervention. Meanwhile, another uprising in Iran is being put down so their benevolent and wise rulers can hold power for another decade or two.
Do you believe over 700,000 Palestinians have been murdered by Israel?
It’s not out of the question, given Israel puts the number at 70,000 and stifles independent investigation.
Murder is a loaded term, though.
Take a remedial English course with an emphasis on rhetoric.
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