More than 300 people have died in Iran since the beginning of the protest movement sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, accused of having violated the strict dress code for women, according to an Iranian general.
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I don't have the latest statistics, but I think we had maybe more than 300 martyrs and people killed among the best children in this country as a result of this incident
," Amirali Hajizadeh said in a video uploaded. by the Mehr news agency, alluding to the demonstrators and the police.
General Amirali Hajizadeh is commander of the Aerospace Force of the Revolutionary Guards, Iran's ideological army.
A figure to be taken with hindsight.
A week ago, on November 22, the NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR) communicated on 416 deaths.