$SENT IRAN PROTEST DEATH TOLL: $SCRT ACTIVISTS SAY OVER 5,000 KILLED, GOVERNMENT CLAIMS 3,117 $FOGO

The crackdown toll is reportedly above 5,000, with more feared dead with the blackout.

HRANA verified 4,519 deaths (mostly protesters), reviewing thousands more.

Other had suggested it could top 20,000.

Iranian state TV countered with an official 3,117 total, including civilians and security forces.