Washington: The US said that in the crackdown on anti-government protests that started in Iran last month, the Iran government has probably killed more than 1000 civilians. State Department Special Representative Brian Hook said, "Given the current situation in Iran, more than 1000 Iranian civilians may have been killed in the Iranian government's actions since the beginning of the demonstrations."
Protests in Iran started from 15 November after the government increased fuel prices.
Hook said that the US has received 32000 video footage from a site that reveals the vandalism of the Iranian government. The Ministry of External Affairs is investigating every footage in it.
Citing some footage, Hooke said that Islamic Revolutionary security forces opened fire on demonstrators without warning when protesters blocked a road in the town of Mashhad
in southwestern Iran, killing several people.
He said that thousands of Iranian civilians have been injured in these demonstrations and at least 7000 protesters are in custody.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that human rights are being violated in Iran and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will take cognizance of this and inform the Congress about it.
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