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Iran's deadliest protest crackdown since the 1979 revolution

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Extended investigation mandate; passed censure resolution

Iran's last nationwide uprising killed roughly 500 people over several months in 2022. The current one has killed at least 6,842 peopleโ€”and possibly more than 30,000โ€”in just over five weeks. On January 24, 2026, the UN Human Rights Council voted 25-7 to extend an independent investigation into what officials are calling the deadliest mass killing in Iran's contemporary history. By January 27, the U.S. had deployed the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln to the Middle East as President Trump weighs military strikes; leaked documents now reveal Supreme Leader Khamenei approved a premeditated blueprint for the crackdown months in advance.[1][2]

Updated Feb 4