#death-toll-dispute

#death-toll-dispute

Protests in Iran, which began in late December 2025 over the country's worsening economic conditions, have escalated into a broader challenge to its clerical leadership, which has been in power since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Tensions with the United States have mounted since US President Donald Trump suggested that Washington could militarily intervene in Iran if there was a crackdown on protesters. Critics of the Iranian government, primarily in the West, claim that thousands of people have died in the protests.