Iran protest deaths rise to more than 500, rights group says

Smoke rises as protesters gather amid evolving anti-government unrest in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, released on January 10, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. SOCIAL MEDIA/via REUTERS

DUBAI, ‌Jan 11 (Reuters) - Deaths ‌from two weeks ‌of protests in Iran have risen to ‍more than ‍500, U.S.-based ‌rights group HRANA said ‍on ​Sunday.

Its latest spreadsheet - ⁠based on activists inside and ‌outside Iran - showed ⁠490 ‍protesters and 48 security personnel ‍killed, plus 10,000 ‌arrests.

Reuters could not independently confirm the figures and Iranian authorities have not given tolls from ‌the unrest it blames on "rioters" being ​encouraged by foreign powers.

(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom)