More Than 1,000 People May Be Dead in Iran Protests, U.S. Says
- Envoy Hook says at least 7,000 protesters have been imprisoned
- Prisons to be sanctioned by U.S. for human rights violations
A demonstration against increases in gasoline prices in Tehran, on Nov. 16.
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The U.S. said emerging video and testimony from inside Iran suggests that more than 1,000 people may have been killed by government forces during a crackdown on protests in recent weeks.
“We know for certain it is many, many hundreds,” Brian Hook, the U.S. special representative for Iran, told reporters in Washington on Thursday. “Perhaps over 1,000. This is the worst political crisis the regime has faced in its 40 years.”