DUBAI/JERUSALEM: More than 500 people have died in Iranian unrest, according to a rights group on Sunday. Tehran has warned to attack US military installations if President Donald Trump follows through on vows to step in on behalf of demonstrators. Trump has frequently threatened to step in if force is used against protestors amid the largest protests against the Islamic Republic’s clerical establishment since 2022.
The US-based rights organization HRANA claimed to have confirmed the deaths of 490 demonstrators and 48 security personnel, as well as the detention of over 10,600 people, according to its most recent spreadsheet based on activists both inside and outside Iran.
Speaking in the Iranian parliament on Sunday, Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf cautioned the US against “a miscalculation. Former Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Qalibaf stated, “Let us be clear: in the case of an attack on Iran, the occupied territories (Israel) as well as all US bases and ships will be our legitimate target.
In response to skyrocketing costs, protests began on December 28 and eventually turned against the clerical government that has been in power since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Authorities claim that Israel and the US are inciting unrest. According to Ahmad-Reza Radan, Iran’s police head, security personnel have increased their efforts to deal with “rioters.
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