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Iranian state tv gave an official death toll of 3117. from aljazeera, famously pro US outlet.
How many people have died in Iran as a consequence of western sanctions since their currency exchange value plummeted? Remember, EU+US sanctions murder HALF A MILLION PEOPLE YEARLY over the world.
ah yes. whataboutism.
It's not whataboutism, the protests are literally created by western-manufactured poverty, the US has admitted as much. Remember that the sanctions on Cuba are justified with the following:
"to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government". I'm quoting official US memos here.
It'd be whataboutism if it was unrelated or looking to downplay something, it's very much related as you would have never had riots without the west sanctioning them and collapsing their currency. End the sanctions now if you care about Iranians.
Correct, there have been thousands of deaths, not the fantastical numbers in the 10s of thousands reported by Hasbara accounts and western media, and not the result of the IRGC one-sidedly slaughtering people en masse but intense riots and turmoil. Exaggerating tragedies and changing the nature of real events is exactly how western atrocity propaganda functions.
that’s still pretty damn far from the 30'000 that’s floating around in western media
yes it is, not saying it isn't
I'd guess the real number is cliser to hrnwa which is around 10k
"I'm more comfortable trusting the CIA funded outlets without any evidence, I am very impartial"
Why guess a number without better information?