The anti-government protests in Iran have entered their third week, and the mayhem is not dying down anytime soon. Amidst the protests and a violent crackdown by the Mullah regime, the US-based Human Rights News Agency (HRANA) has reported that the death toll in Iran has surged to 646 people. In its report published on 12th January, the HRANA said that 646 people have been killed in the course of the protests.
“This figure includes 505 protesters (among them 9 children), 133 military and law enforcement personnel, one prosecutor, and seven non-protesting civilian citizens,” the report states, adding that 579 other reports of deaths remain under review.
The report highlighted a particular incident in Behesht Zahra Cemetery in Tehran, saying that visuals and reports have emerged that families of those killed have been staging protests and raising anti-government slogans there. On the sixteenth day of the protests, 606 gatherings in 187 cities were reported across Iran amidst an internet and communication blackout.
Citing verified data, the HRANA reported that the total number of detainees has increased to 10,721.
رژیم جنایتکار جمهوری اسلامی قصد دارد عرفان سلطانی، جوان آزادیخواه را که روز شنبه در جریان خیزش ملی ایران در فردیس استان البرز بازداشت کرده، روز چهارشنبه با عنوان «اعدام» به قتل برساند.
— National Union for Democracy in Iran (@NUFDIran) January 12, 2026
تنها جرم او فریاد آزادی برای ایران است.
صدای او باشید و برای نجات عرفان سلطانی تلاش کنید! pic.twitter.com/AHjhzxWTmo
Meanwhile, reports are coming that Iran’s Islamic regime is set to carry out its first execution amidst the ongoing protests. A 26-year-old protestor, Erfan Soltani, who was arrested last week during the agitation in Karaj near the capital, Tehran, will soon be executed without trial, the National Union for Democracy in Iran reported.
