January 6, 2026
Human rights groups say at least 25 dead in protests in Iran
HRANA says 29 were killed, including two security personnel, and 1,203 arrested on January 5 Hengaw, a Kurdish Iranian rights group, put the death toll at 25, including four under the age of 18, and said more than 1,000 people were arrested. PHOTO: AFP At least 25 people have been killed in Iran in the first nine days of protests that began in Tehran’s bazaar over a falling currency and soaring inflation, rights groups said. Protests have spread to some cities in western and southern Iran, but have not matched the scale of the unrest that swept the country in












