"Iran Anti-Government Protests May Have Left 30,000 Dead... Country's Capacity at Its Limit" Shocking Report

On January 25 (local time), Time Magazine in the United States reported, citing statements from senior officials at Iran's Ministry of Health, that the number of deaths resulting from the anti-government protests in Iran may have reached as many as 30,000.

According to the report, senior Iranian officials suggested that as many as 30,000 people may have been killed in Iran over the two days of the 8th and 9th. Time Magazine stated, "So many people have been massacred by Iranian security forces that the country's capacity has reached its limit."

The senior officials also told Time Magazine that Iran's stockpile of body bags has been depleted, and that 18-wheel semi-trailers, instead of ambulances, have been mobilized to transport the bodies.

This report presents a significant discrepancy compared to the death toll figures released by Iranian authorities. On the 21st, Iranian officials announced that the number of deaths related to the protests was 3,117. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) estimated the death toll at 5,137.