Activists say at least 6,126 people killed in Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests

Activists said on Tuesday (January 27, 2026) that at least 6,126 people were killed in Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests, and many more are still feared dead.

The new figures came from the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which has been accurate in multiple rounds of unrest in Iran. The group verifies each death with a network of activists on the ground in Iran.

The Associated Press has been unable to independently assess the death toll, given that authorities have cut off the internet and disrupting calls into the Islamic Republic.

Iran’s government has put the death toll at a far lower 3,117, saying 2,427 were civilians and security forces, and labelled the rest “terrorists.” In the past, Iran’s theocracy has undercounted or not reported fatalities from unrest.