Human Rights Activists News Agency: Iranian Security Forces Killed 5,777 Protesters in Anti-Gov’t Protests

Democracy Now – The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency estimates that at least 5,777 protesters, including 86 minors, were killed by Iranian security forces in recent anti-government protests. The group also claims that 49 civilians who weren’t demonstrating were killed in Iran’s crackdown on the protests, and that nearly 42,000 people have been arrested. Meanwhile, a U.N. expert on Iran said she’s receiving reports of Iranian security forces detaining protesters at hospitals.

This comes as the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group arrived in the Middle East. President Trump referred to the warships as an “armada” after the commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps warned that his forces had their “finger on the trigger.”