29 December 2009

IRNA Reports 37 Deaths on Ashura

Rahesabz passes word that the state-controlled Islamic Republic News Agency is now reporting that 37 people were killed throughout Iran on what is being called "Bloody Ashura." What remains unclear is why a mouthpiece for the regime would report fatality figures that are three times higher than what the regime is officially reporting. State television had previously put the number dead at 15, while the regime maintained that 10 were killed by MEK terrorists.