TEHRAN – President Masoud Pezeshkian issued an order on Wednesday night to publish the names and identities of all those who were killed in the first ten days of the unrest in January in certain cities across Iran.

Mehdi Tabatabayee, director of the Presidential Office for Communications, said a mechanism has been planned that any information or report contrary to the figure released on January 25 will be thoroughly examined and verified.

“This move is a direct response to distortion and figuration,” Tabatabayee wrote on his X account. 

He added that the measure would make those who had resorted to falsification feel ashamed.

The Department of Forensic Medicine announced on January 25 that 3,117 people were killed during the unrest in certain cities across Iran.  The department said a total of 3,117 individuals lost their lives, with 2,427 recognized as martyrs.