Report Puts Iran Protest Deaths at 30,000 in 2 Days

A report by The Jerusalem Post on Sunday, citing Time magazine and purported Iranian hospital data, said as many as 30,000 people may have been killed in Iran during a two-day crackdown on protests.

That figure sharply exceeds Iran's official death toll.

Time reported Sunday that two senior Iranian Health Ministry officials told the magazine as many as 30,000 people may have been killed nationwide during the Jan. 8-9 crackdown.

And a separate compilation of hospital data shared with Time listed 30,304 deaths as of Friday, Jan. 9. ---More...

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The U.N. human rights office said the council extended the mandate of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran for two years and requested an urgent investigation into alleged serious violations linked to protests that it said began Dec. 28, 2025