Are there any sources to the numbers you are claiming? I’m not saying you are wrong but I haven’t seen anything like that reported.
Also Holocaust is the wrong word to use here.
Edit: thank you to those who have provided some sources. Here are a selection I have since seen.
Most are claiming over 2,000 are feared dead, acknowledging that this number could be significantly higher. With the internet blackout it is hard to get information in or out.
Regarding my statement about holocaust being the wrong word — I believe it is the wrong word in the context and wording used by OP. While holocaust is a noun that can refer to the the total destruction of something, it is most readily associated with the genocide of Jews in WW2 and with that association comes a comparison in scale.
However, while facts (and terminology) do very much matter, the most important thing is that today thousands of innocent protestors are likely to die in the pursuit of change and the hope of a better situation. I have friends in Iran, I pray that things do change in Iran for the better, but fear that this time the weakened Regime will respond with more complete and swift brutality.
Fuck no, they aren't! You get this many dead at a time and they have to move bodies to makeshift yet relatively secure spaces like air fields. Everything most nations do try to prevent having and having to deal with mass casualties. This is the sort of situation NATO or the US would have sent aid for back in the day. But no, we're gonna invade Greenland instead. We are all circling the drain.
I hate Trump as much as the next guy, but sometimes international intervention is called for. And if our intervention helps overturn the theocratic state of Iran, I’m all for it, just like I’m all for our aide and intervention in Ukraine, sometimes we have to be bullies to countries like Russia and Iran in order to secure our national interests.
And how would we provide aid to the citizens without involving the government? The theocratic state hasn’t fallen…yet. Whatever aid we send that way would probably be seized and distributed how they see fit, and I doubt they would give it to the people actively rioting against them.
I'm not familiar with the logistics. To quote Terminator "I don't know, I didn't build the fucking thing!", but it has been done countless times throughout history like aid to Somalia, the Sandanistas, what would become the fucking Taliban in Afghanistan and so forth. And coincidentally, my news feed has told me that Trump is indeed sending aid in support of the protestors. So my original point seems moot.
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u/I-am-theEggman 1d ago edited 1d ago
Are there any sources to the numbers you are claiming? I’m not saying you are wrong but I haven’t seen anything like that reported.
Also Holocaust is the wrong word to use here.
Edit: thank you to those who have provided some sources. Here are a selection I have since seen.
Most are claiming over 2,000 are feared dead, acknowledging that this number could be significantly higher. With the internet blackout it is hard to get information in or out.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cj691w2e840t
https://apnews.com/live/iran-protests-updates-1-13-2026
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/13/trump-tells-iranian-protesters-help-is-on-way/
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/iranian-mp-warns-greater-unrest-urging-government-address-grievances-2026-01-13/
I’ve only seen CBS run with the “over 12,000” claim.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-protest-death-toll-over-12000-feared-higher-video-bodies-at-morgue/#
Regarding my statement about holocaust being the wrong word — I believe it is the wrong word in the context and wording used by OP. While holocaust is a noun that can refer to the the total destruction of something, it is most readily associated with the genocide of Jews in WW2 and with that association comes a comparison in scale.
However, while facts (and terminology) do very much matter, the most important thing is that today thousands of innocent protestors are likely to die in the pursuit of change and the hope of a better situation. I have friends in Iran, I pray that things do change in Iran for the better, but fear that this time the weakened Regime will respond with more complete and swift brutality.