IRAN PROTESTS: DEATH TOLL HITS 2,000, ACTIVISTS SAY

At least 2,000 people have been killed in Iran since protests erupted at the end of December, US-based activists reported on Tuesday.
The Human Rights Activists News Agency said 1,847 of the dead were protesters, 135 were government-affiliated, and nine children were among the casualties. Nine other civilians not participating in the protests were also killed.
An Iranian security official, speaking anonymously to Reuters, gave a similar figure, blaming “terrorists” for the deaths and including security personnel in the total.
The protests began on December 28, sparked by the collapse of Iran’s rial and soaring inflation. Authorities have imposed an internet blackout but allowed phone calls abroad for the first time in days on Tuesday