[OC] Geschätzte Zahl der Todesopfer bei der Niederschlagung der Proteste im Iran vom 3. bis 4. Januar, wie von verschiedenen Quellen im Laufe der Zeit berichtet, unter völliger Abschaltung des Internet- und Telefonnetzes.

20k is an extraordinarily high number, and extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. To have a compression.

Jallianwala Bagh massacre around 1k, British rifleman shooting into a crowd for 10 minutes.

Tiananmen Square, with Tanks driving over students, was maybe 1.5k

The Fall of Mosul, ISIS assaulting a capital city, resulted in around 6.5 civilian casualties.

Euromaidan was only 108.

The Gaza war, 2 years of Israel bombing, is only 90k around.

The Battle of Grozny caused around 25k civilian casualties.

The last Shah’s reign is estimated to have killed only ~4k people; sources also report similar numbers for Pinochet.

This is closer to a regular civil war, not protests. 1k combat-related deaths per year is the requirement for something to be classified as a civil war