The death toll from protests over economic issues in Iran has passed 5,000, the HRANA news agency reported, noting that 26,852 people have been arrested during the unrest.
The US agency based in Virginia said internet access remains a problem. The agency is still unable to obtain accurate information from the local population amid widespread internet outages.
According to the published information,
- 5,002 people have died
- 9,787 more deaths are under investigation
- 7,391 people have been seriously injured
- 26,852 people have been arrested
