Iranian regime forced a large number of civilian protesters into the Rasht bazaar and set it on fire

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According to the report, the Iranian human rights organization HRANA has published updated data on the death toll from the country's protests. According to the organization, at least 3,919 people have been confirmed dead, and their identities have been established and documented. At the same time, human rights activists continue to verify information about another 8,949 possible dead participants in the protests. However, a medical report claims the death toll has already reached 16,500.

The report stated that the most violent clashes and the highest number of protester deaths were recorded in the Kurdish regions of northwestern Iran. According to a regime official, this is an area where Kurdish separatist groups have been active for years, and during previous periods of instability, particularly violent outbreaks occurred here. Throughout the protests, regime officials claimed that armed Kurdish militias had crossed the border from northern Iraq into northwestern Iran to fuel unrest against the authorities in Tehran.

The report added that during the current wave of protests, serious acts of regime violence have been recorded, in particular, in the city of Kermanshah, which has a significant Kurdish population. Many of the most high-profile deaths during Iran's recent protests have occurred in this city. In the city of Rasht, another town in northwestern Iran on the Caspian Sea, a large-scale violent incident occurred about a week and a half ago, as protests escalated to a new level.