Tehran is once again pointing the finger at "terrorists" for last month’s bloodshed, rejecting outside estimates and doubling down after President Trump just issued his own high estimate.
Trumptold reportersFriday that32,000 people were killed in the unrest, declaring that"the people of Iran have lived in hell"under the ruling clerical regime of the Ayatollah.
That figure is one of the highest offered so far, even significantly beyond some Iranian opposition claims. But Tehran has rejected this. It's far beyond even what most Washington-friendly mainstream media said in real time as the bloody protests were unfolding.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced Saturday that the government has published a list of 3,117 individuals he called "victims of recent terrorist operation."
The official figurenotably includes roughly 200 security personnel- suggesting at least some elements of the protests were armed, dangerous, and attacked police and military.
Iranian officials have alleged the protesters had outside covert help from Israel and the United States. Indeed, US mainstream media has lately confirmed the US government covertly shipped in thousands of Starlink terminals to aid the anti-government movement's communications and ability to organize.
"If anyone disputes accuracy of our data, please share any evidence," Araghchi wrote on X. He had previously claimed that at least 690 of the names offered were "terrorists" armed and funded by the US and Israel.
There could be signs of yet more protests emerging, as Fox Chief Correspondent Trey YingstwritesSaturday,"Large protests today in Iran, led by university students. Monitoring."
Meanwhile the New York Post has just issuedthis conflict's version of the"incubator babies"- with anew report claimingbabies are being ripped from mothers' wombs(!).
NYPclaims: "Iranian police officers aregang-raping imprisoned female protesters and then cutting out their uteruses to cover up the horrific torture– before shipping their lifeless bodies home to their families, according to a shocking new report."
Source: ZeroHedge News
