New toll
\nIran Human Rights warns that the regime had been mounting a \u2018campaign of spreading lies\u2019
\n tehran
\nIranian security forces have killed at least 378 people — including 47 children — in a crackdown on protests sparked by Mahsa Amini\u2019s death, a rights group said in an updated toll on Saturday.
\nThe Islamic republic has been gripped by protests that erupted over Amini\u2019s death on September 16, three days after her arrest for an alleged breach of the country\u2019s strict dress code for women.
\nThe protests were fanned by fury over the dress rules for women, but have grown into a broad movement against the theocracy that has ruled Iran since the 1979 revolution. \u201cAt least 378 protesters, including 47 children, have been killed by the oppressive forces since September 16,\u201d Iran Human Rights director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam told AFP.
\nThe figure represents an increase of 36 since the Norway-based group issued its previous toll on Wednesday.
\nIt includes at least 123 people killed in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan, on Iran\u2019s southeastern border with Pakistan, 40 in both Kurdistan and Tehran provinces and 39 in West Azerbaijan province.
\nIran Human Rights warned that the regime had been mounting a \u201ccampaign of spreading lies\u201d ahead of a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council next week.
\n\u201cThey have two goals by attributing the killing of the protesters to terrorist groups like Da\u2019ish,\u201d Amiry-Moghaddam said.
\n\u201cThey want to use it as an excuse for more widespread use of live ammunition,\u201d he told AFP.
\n\u201cAnd they also want to influence countries in the UN Human Rights Council who will gather on November 24 in a special session considering establishing an independent investigation and accountability mechanism\u201d over the crackdown in Iran, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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