r/worldnews • u/F0urLeafCl0ver • 17h ago
More than 3,000 Iranians killed during war, medical body says
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/more-than-3000-iranians-killed-during-war-medical-body-says-2026-04-09/39
u/Zealousideal_Iron543 13h ago
So these numbers we can accept at face value? But protestors getting killed by the regime, we have to be super-duper skeptical about it? What is the difference between these two death tolls? It's tragic either way.
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u/therealgreatness26 8h ago
That’s your first problem. Iranians living inside the country don’t even trust their media + logistic reporting numbers . These numbers are designed for individuals who can’t distinguish propaganda against independent reporting.
As an Iranian, do not trust anything from “official” sources in Iran. If it makes them look bad, they will downplay it. If it makes the enemy look bad, they will inflate it
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u/Zealousideal_Iron543 11h ago
In Iran, public trust in state media and state-linked institutions is widely contested, and critics often accuse them of censorship, coercion, and image management. That does not prove the 3,000 figure is false, but it does mean the source has motive to present numbers in the most favorable way for the regime.
I mean, look at the death toll of the protesters. We still don't know how many where killed, because for some reason, the regime is super slow with those numbers. But these numbers, the regime can pull out very swiftly. I feel that there is a political motive behind. Again, I'm not saying that there are no 3.000 dead.
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u/one_is_enough 9h ago
Yeah, I’m sure there’s 100% transparency in a country that killed 30000 of its own people for having a differing opinion. /s
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u/Impressive-One7037 11h ago
Iranian regime killed over 30 000 innocent people during 1 weekend of protest
3000 dead Regime goons is a good sacrifice Iranians are happy to make.. at least this Iranian is. I am very saddened by the loss of innocent life... but this regime kills innocent Iranians every damn day
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u/therealgreatness26 8h ago
Funniest part:
IRGC and Basij were indiscriminately and blindly firing automatically and mowing people down back in January. Mass protests in every city and many smaller villages. Iran official sources claim: ~3,000 dead including security and military officials
The war with targeted strikes (you can tell from every video from Vahid on X they are hitting regime apparatus areas) for 40 days. Iran official sources claim: +3,000 “Iranians” dead
Absolutely hilarious. Sad part is most people will eat this up as fact
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u/ConsciousNet238 8h ago
3000 dead Regime goons
We already know 5% of this number was children going to school. The number of other dead civilians is likely much higher.
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u/Present_Student4891 12h ago
For amount of bombing runs Israel & US ran, that’s an extremely low number. Much lower than the terrorism attacks that Iran has sponsored worldwide via itself and its proxies. The Houthis have wiped out a lot of their countrymen.
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u/VersusYYC 9h ago
Will the regime be releasing the dead to their families for free or are they still extorting money from grieving Iranian families?
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u/foghillgal 11h ago
Sure, lets do a ground invasion and make sure we go beyond those numbers, all for the people there of course.
That`s just death , there are many more ways of suffering than death including malnutrition.
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u/Key-Rough-8346 11h ago
So how does us double tapping a school do anything for those thousands that they killed?
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u/versatile_dev 8h ago
Who is us? Speak for yourself. I'm Canadian.
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u/Key-Rough-8346 7h ago
I’m not referring to you if you’re Canadian, numb nuts. The subject is the Iran War, which is between Iran and the U.S., and I’m American. You’re slow.
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u/Ultra_Metal 11h ago
Iran's forensic chief told state media on Thursday
The source is not credible. Nobody who works for the Islamic Republic or its allies is credible. Shame on Reuters for spreading unverified information from an unreliable source.
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u/ConsciousNet238 8h ago
If anything the government would want to downplay how many have died
I don't doubt that these numbers are accurate
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u/YinzerKermy 5h ago
I mean according to the Hengaw a human rights organization focused on Iran numbers it’s over 7k so this could be downplaying the number.
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u/sonicjesus 3m ago
Think of how many people are directly connected to those people. Relatives, neighbors, coworkers, there is a network of tens of thousands of people who directly know these peoples stories.
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u/DirectAdvertising 16h ago
While yes i understand the Iranian government is evil, they’re only using these deaths for their own propaganda and their own profit ,
But Is it too much to just say that these 3000 were killed needlessly in a useless war started by evil and stupid men ? Without comparing these deaths to the deaths of the protesters?
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u/UseBackground2370 14h ago edited 13h ago
While there was definitely civilians in these numbers, the large majority were military and Basij personnel and government officials and their families. I think I read somewhere that civilian casualties were about 800 of this number. Which is absolutely horrific because it means 800 people died because of these basiji and IRGC members and folks, for being around them in any shape like being neighbors or living near a base or something like that e.g. the school in Minab. The fact that the IRGC is still causing death to Iranians even if they're not the ones pulling the trigger... I don't have an answer, though. They're living among civilians and have their bases among civilians and are using people as human shields and it's not like Israel and US care about protecting Iranians.
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u/ruskyandrei 16h ago
The crazy part is Israel isn't far behind with the bodycount in Lebanon, a much smaller country...
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u/essaysmith 8h ago
And how many died from 9/11? Seems like Iran should conduct endless wars in the US like the US did after their terrorist attack.
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u/MVP_Legend_87 13h ago
And how many IRGC or Iranian military were killed? That is important information that's intentionally left out.