Western officials seized on a dubious death toll of 30,000 protesters to escalate against Iran. The number originates with a single, clearly compromised source. But a zealously pro-war Guardian reporter is doing her best to legitimize it. The claim of “30,000 killed” during two days of protests and rioting across Iran appears to be based largely on a single anonymous source, who admitted extrapolating that figure by assuming without evidence that “officially registered deaths related to the crackdown likely represent […]
Ok the number of deaths from the Monarchists is false. That still doesn’t change that there are deaths and the uprising in Iran is grass roots people.
Or are you thinking this is a “color revolution.” And the people who are revolting in the streets where paid by the Westren powers in some way?