Iran Protests: The Number of Detainees During Uprising Is at Least 8,000

Call for immediate action to free the detainees and to protect their families

The massive and widespread arrests of youths in different cities, which have started since the beginning of the uprising at December 28, still continues. According to reports obtained from inside Iran and from within the regime, the number of arrestees has mounted to at least 8,000 by the end of the second week of the uprising. In recent days, several of these prisoners were martyred under the tortures.

Despite the regime’s attempts to conceal the number of arrests, it is so high that the regime’s officials in a number of cities have inevitably admitted to parts of it.

- A week ago Mahmoud Sadeghi, a member of parliament, said the number of arrestees amounts to 3,700.

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