New Figures on Deaths and Detentions in Iranian Protests

New figures released on protesters detained, killed « niacINsight

niacINsight reports new figures released on Iranian protesters detained, killed

From AFP:

An aide to Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has said in a report to parliament that 69 people died in post-election violence, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

“A list of 69 dead and about 220 detained after the election was submitted to a special parliamentary committee,” Alireza Beheshti was quoted as saying by the reformist Sarmayeh newspaper.

Iran’s judiciary also said today that 4,000 protesters were initially arrested in the brutal crackdown just after the vote.

“In the aftermath of the election, 4,000 people were arrested,” judiciary spokesman Ali Reza Jamshidi told reporters.

He said 3,700 were released “very soon”, but that “those who were involved in the riots were detained.”

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Some Statistics

Families of those killed or injured in the events since June 12 have filed 2,000 complaints so far," acting Police Chief Brigadier General Ahmad-Reza Radan told Iran's Fars news agency.

Radan said 10,000 complaints had been filed by people asserting that their daily lives had been disrupted, adding, "They have called on the police to deal with rallies firmly."

"The recent rallies destroyed 700 buildings, burst 300 banks into flame, damaged 300 cars and 300 public properties," Radan said. iReport.com:

Meanwhile, the head of Tehran's Emergency Center, Reza Dehqanpour, said more than 50 ambulances had been reserved to help the wounded.

link: Police, protesters clash into evening in Iranian capital - CNN.com