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Iranian security body says 200 people lost lives in recent riots

Iranian security body says 200 people lost lives in recent riots

A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police," in Tehran, Iran, Sept.19, 2022. (Credit: WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS)

Two hundred people lost their lives in Iran during nationwide riots that started in mid-September, an Iranian state security body said on Saturday, a figure significantly lower than that given by rights groups.

An Iranian Revolutionary guards commander recently put the number of dead at 300.

"Two hundred people lost their lives in the recent riots," the judiciary's Mizan news agency quoted the interior ministry's state security council as saying.

Two hundred people lost their lives in Iran during nationwide riots that started in mid-September, an Iranian state security body said on Saturday, a figure significantly lower than that given by rights groups.An Iranian Revolutionary guards commander recently put the number of dead at 300."Two hundred people lost their lives in the recent riots," the judiciary's Mizan news agency quoted the...