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Some of the Iranian protesters deaths were fake

64 replies

Ipendem · 04/03/2026 07:00

So we heard 30,000 in the news but a lot of people are coming out saying that they were counted in the dead but didn’t die.

Seeing their name and face in the news.

Below are the videos they posted saying they are alive. It’s surreal.

So how many were actually killed, and can we trust any published number?

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRmYs7YQ/

vm.tiktok.com/ZNRmYV4cq/

OP posts:
sabababa · 04/03/2026 09:49

I wouldn't be surprised if you were somehow recruited by pro-regime to post shit like this.
The number could be as high as 100,000
The regime cut the internet on purpose.

HappyFace2025 · 04/03/2026 09:50

Weareoutofwine · 04/03/2026 09:31

Real newspapers you say? Ohh that also suggests unreal newspapers and unreal news. How are we to tell the difference I wonder. It's a real conundrum isn't it.

😂

randomchap · 04/03/2026 09:52

Weareoutofwine · 04/03/2026 09:47

I think I may have been a little too subtle. Re - read my message with perhaps a hint of cynicism and that I might also be reflecting back at the OP.

Edited

Whoops. Sorry

HoskinsChoice · 04/03/2026 09:53

randomchap · 04/03/2026 09:44

There absolutely is unreal news and newspapers pushing unreliable narratives. I'm amazed people aren't aware of this

I'm amazed you didn't understand the post you quoted!

Thingything · 04/03/2026 09:54

Is that you Vladimir?

Mumsnet - beware troll accounts spreading misinformation x

Weareoutofwine · 04/03/2026 09:56

randomchap · 04/03/2026 09:52

Whoops. Sorry

No apology needed 😊

sabababa · 04/03/2026 10:00

Thingything · 04/03/2026 09:54

Is that you Vladimir?

Mumsnet - beware troll accounts spreading misinformation x

I was thinking more Mojtaba but yeah, why would someone with no agenda start such a bizarre post?

A few deaths with dodgy details on social media versus tens of thousands known to have been mudered from reputable sources.

And the timing too....

LilyBunch25 · 04/03/2026 10:02

Ipendem · 04/03/2026 07:10

It is and it’s also published in the news

On which reputable news source (I repeat, reputable)

randomchap · 04/03/2026 10:17

HoskinsChoice · 04/03/2026 09:53

I'm amazed you didn't understand the post you quoted!

So am I.

MrThorpeHazell · 04/03/2026 11:53

I am sorry, but I do not see the relevance of this. So the number of killed and wounded might have been mis-reported or deliberately distorted.

That has been true of every military action in history.

Labelledelune · 04/03/2026 12:01

I don’t think we can trust anyone on this, lies on both sides, maybe of the Iranian regime hadn’t shut down all media they could be seen as being more credible. They obviously don’t want people to know what’s going on and how many people they are murdering.

HoskinsChoice · 04/03/2026 12:15

randomchap · 04/03/2026 10:17

So am I.

🤣

sashaski · 04/03/2026 12:24

Gingernaut · 04/03/2026 07:02

We need a bit more than a couple of TikTok vids

Or the BBC

Wabbajack · 04/03/2026 14:39

Anadolu Agency are shills for Erdogan.

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