More than 50 protesters killed in Iran demonstrations: rights NGO
An anti-Iranian regime protester holds up a placard during a gathering outside the Iranian Embassy, central London, on January 9, 2026.
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More than 50 protesters have been killed in nearly two weeks
of demonstrations in Iran sparked by anger over the rising cost of living, a
rights group said Friday.
"At least 51 protesters, including nine children under the age of 18, have been killed and hundreds more injured in the first thirteen days of the new round of nationwide protests in Iran," said the Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights, raising a previous toll of 45 issued the day earlier.
Iran FM says US, Israel 'directly intervening' in protests. Iran's foreign minister accused the United States and Israel on Friday of fuelling a growing protest movement in the country, while dismissing the possibility of direct foreign military intervention after US warnings over crackdowns on demonstrators.
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