{"id":211631,"date":"2019-12-23T16:07:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T16:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=211631"},"modified":"2020-06-02T19:29:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T18:29:34","slug":"reuters-confirms-ncris-death-tally-of-1500-from-crackdown-on-iran-protests-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/reuters-confirms-ncris-death-tally-of-1500-from-crackdown-on-iran-protests-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Reuters Confirms NCRI\u2019s Death Tally of 1500 From Crackdown on Iran Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-211632\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/On_Dec_15_the_MEKconfirmed_that_over_1500_protesters_have_been_killed_during_the_Iran_protests-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" \/><\/p>\n<p><small><strong>On Dec 15, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) confirmed that over 1,500 protesters have been killed during the Iranian people\u2019s nationwide uprising in different provinces across the country.<\/strong><\/small><\/p>\n<p class=\"uk-article-meta uk-margin-top-remove\">Written by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/component\/contact\/contact\/8?Itemid=490\">Mohammad Sadat Khansari<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<time datetime=\"2019-12-23\">23 December 2019<\/time>.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a special report on December 23, 2019,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0about the deadly crackdown on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27097-names-of-27-more-martyrs-of-nationwide-uprising-released\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iran protests<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reuters confirmed\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">death toll of 1500 that was announced<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI)<\/a>, otherwise known as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK)<\/a>, on December 15, 2019.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reuters also pointed to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">direct role of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in suppressing the nationwide Iran protests.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cAfter days of protests across Iran last month, Supreme Leader Ayatollah\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/157-human-rights\/26923-khamenei-s-mouthpiece-iran-protests-leaders-to-face-execution-by-hanging\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>\u00a0appeared impatient. Gathering his top security and government officials together, he issued an order: Do whatever it takes to stop them<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d the report<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0said<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Khamenei\u2019s Mouthpiece: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> Leaders to Face Execution by Hanging<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jmn2YTv5mZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/jmn2YTv5mZ<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MEK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MEK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Internet4Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Internet4Iran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1197170705865068545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That order, confirmed by three sources close to the supreme leader\u2019s inner circle and a fourth official, set in motion the bloodiest crackdown on protesters since the Islamic Revolution in 1979<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d Reuters added.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">About 1,500 people were killed during less than two weeks of unrest that started on Nov. 15. The toll, provided to Reuters by three Iranian interior ministry officials, included at least 17 teenagers and about 400 women as well as some members of the security forces and police<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d the report added<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MEK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MEK<\/a>, the Iranian regime has killed at least 1500 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/protesters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#protesters<\/a>. The MEK has so far identified 547 of these martyrs.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeAllProtesters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeAllProtesters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopIranBloodshed?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopIranBloodshed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/isI2wsivUY\">pic.twitter.com\/isI2wsivUY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1208848529386545152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to this report<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cT<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he figures provided to Reuters,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">aid two of the Iranian officials who provided them, are based on information gathered from security forces, morgues, hospitals, and coroner\u2019s offices<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to Reuters report, on November 17 evening,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in a meeting at Khamenei\u2019s official residence in a fortified compound in Tehran,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei met with senior officials, including security aides, President Hassan Rouhani and members of his cabinet<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d and \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the meeting, described to Reuters by the three sources close to his inner circle, the 80-year-old leader, who has final say over all state matters in the country, raised his voice and expressed criticism of the handling of the unrest. He was also angered by the burning of his image and the destruction of a statue of the republic\u2019s late founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Supreme leader Ali Khamenei orders slaughter of demonstrators after Iran protests 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_5SKxV-GGY24\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F5SKxV-GGY24%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5SKxV-GGY24\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT6M55S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-11-28T18:52:27Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_5SKxV-GGY24\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F5SKxV-GGY24%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Supreme leader Ali Khamenei orders slaughter of demonstrators after Iran protests 2019<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5SKxV-GGY24\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F5SKxV-GGY24%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Supreme leader Ali Khamenei orders slaughter of demonstrators after Iran protests 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/ali-khamenei-remarks-iran-protests-20191128 Iran, November 28, 2019\u2014Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei revealed his deep fear of the protests that have shaken the ground beneath his regime in the past two weeks, describing them as \u201cdeep-rooted, widespread and dangerous\u201d on Wednesday. Khamenei, who was speaking to a group of Basij forces, the two organs that were directly responsible for the brutal crackdown on the protesters, ordered his forces to remain alert and present at all places and avoid being caught unawares. Khamenei also implicitly gave his forces the order to fire at will on protesters. \u201cThis was a deep-rooted, widespread and very dangerous conspiracy,\u201d Khamenei said, referring to the protests that broke out in more than 170 cities after the regime implemented a sudden hike on the price of gasoline. \u201cThey had spent a lot of money and they had put great effort to make this move at an opportune moment, to destroy and burn and kill and do wicked things. They thought that the issue of gasoline [price] will give them the opportunity and they brought their forces in the fields. And this movement was destroyed by the people.\u201d Like his representatives across the country, Khamenei tried to separate the protesters from the people. But \u201cpeople\u201d as Khamenei referred to in his speech is nothing but the regime officials and security apparatus, and the remnants of its fast-shrinking base of support. The figures of recent protests prove the deep resentment of the Iranian people of their tyrannical rulers. According to reports obtained from inside Iran, protests erupted in at least 170 cities. Security forces have killed more than 450 protesters, injured 4,000 others and arrested 10,000. The regime\u2019s own authorities are acknowledging to the widespread scale of the protests. Iranian MP Mojtaba Zolnour told state-run TV that at one point, the regime\u2019s security forces were involved in clashes in 800 locations across the country. Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, the regime\u2019s interior minister, revealed that a group of 500 protesters made a break to capture the regime\u2019s state-run TV. Other regime officials likened the protests to \u201catomic bombs\u201d and \u201cworld war.\u201d Salar Abnoush, an IRGC commander, said the regime\u2019s survival was only made possible through \u201ca miracle.\u201d Such remarks, made by senior security officials, all prove that Iran\u2019s uprising was a popular movement that belonged to all the people of Iran, who are fed up with the 40 years of tyranny and corruption of the mullahs. So, why did Khamenei and his other officials try to describe the protesters as anything other than the outraged people of Iran? The reason is that Khamenei sees his regime on the brink of collapse, and is determined to keep it afloat at any cost, even if it requires the slaughtering of the people. Iran\u2019s state-run television quoted Khamenei as recommending the paramilitary Basij forces to \u201cbe present at all locations.\u201d During the recent protests, IRGC and Basij forces opened fire on protesters, killing them in the streets and taking others to makeshift prisons, where they further tortured them. In his remarks, Khamenei also clearly ordered his forces to suppress the people in the most violent way. In his recommendations to the Basij, he told them to draw experience from the 1980s, when the regime carried out the brutal killing of MEK members in the streets. \u201cDon\u2019t be caught unawares. The experience of the Committees in the 1980s was very positive. Use that experience,\u201d Khamenei said, referring to Islamic Revolutionary Committees, patrols that were tasked with identifying and arresting opposition members in every neighborhood. \u201cDuring the 1980s, the Revolutionary Committees were present in every neighborhood, in every place. They were always present. Whenever an incident took place, everyone saw these brothers.\u201d The rearrangement of the security apparatus comes as the regime also gets ready to clamp down on internet communications and prevent any news of protests and the regime&#039;s brutality from reaching the world.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe Islamic Republic is in danger. Do whatever it takes to end it. You have my order,\u201d the supreme leader told the group,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">according to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">one of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reuters\u2019\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sources.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The nationwide uprising which began on November 15 over the fuel price-hike, quickly turned political. People targeted the regime in its entirety in their slogans and demanded regime change. According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0so far 1500 have been killed. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK\u00a0<\/a>has so far identified\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27119-ten-more-martyrs-of-nationwide-uprising-identified\">557 martyrs of\u00a0<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27119-ten-more-martyrs-of-nationwide-uprising-identified\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27119-ten-more-martyrs-of-nationwide-uprising-identified\">Iran protests<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mrs.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryam\u00a0<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rajavi<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the President-elect of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/our-resistance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0had said earlier: \u201cThe world community\u2019s silence and inaction have emboldened the religious fascism ruling Iran to continue and intensify its anti-human crimes against the Iranian people. The time has come to end impunity for those responsible for these atrocities. The regime\u2019s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, its president Hassan Rouhani, and other leaders, who have been perpetrating crimes against humanity, must face justice. I urge the United Nations to form a fact-finding mission to investigate this major crime and visit the prisons and the prisoners in Iran.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The United Nations must send fact-finding missions to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> to investigate about those killed, injured and imprisoned. Considering that many of those arrested during the uprising are subjected to torture and executions, the dispatch of these missions enjoys high priority. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZCUtFO3ofU\">pic.twitter.com\/ZCUtFO3ofU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1208746299643891715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Dec 15, the People&rsquo;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) confirmed that over 1,500 protesters have been killed during the Iranian people&rsquo;s nationwide uprising in different provinces across the country. 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