A first official report, which mixes demonstrators and police, to share responsibility for the violence.

Iranian authorities have for the first time reported the deaths of more than 300 people in the unrest following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd.

Arrested by the morality police for non-compliance with the strict dress code of the Islamic Republic, her death had sparked a wave of demonstrations, first in the provinces and then in Tehran, which had been repressed by the police.

“Everyone in the country has been affected by the death of this lady.

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, "said, referring to the forces of the order and to the demonstrators, General Amirali Hajizadeh, commander of the aerospace force of the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of Iran, in a video posted online by the Mehr news agency.

In this report are dozens of members of the security forces killed in clashes with demonstrators or assassinated, according to the Iranian authorities.

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This report is similar to that released by the NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR), based in Norway, which reports at least 416 people died "in the repression of demonstrations in Iran".

According to this organization, this figure includes those killed in the demonstrations linked to the death of Mahsa Amini and those who lost their lives in violence in Sistan-Balochistan, a province in the south-east of Iran.



Thousands of Iranians and around 40 foreigners have also been arrested and more than 2,000 people have been charged, according to judicial authorities.

Human rights organizations abroad report a much higher number of arrests.

Among the defendants, six were sentenced to death at first instance and their fate now depends on the Supreme Court which must rule on their appeal.

On Tuesday, justice announced the release of more than 1,100 detainees, after the victory Friday of the Iranian selection against Wales at the Football World Cup.

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