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Iran's IRGC along with allied proxy militias played central role in mass killings on Jan 8 and 9

Tehran, Jan 17 (UNI) Iran's powerful theocratic guard and paramilitary force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was reportedly highly complicit in the mass killings of Iranian protesters on January 8 and 9, with its Quds Force and its allied proxy forces in the region playing a central role in the massacre, which allegedly numbered as high as 12,000, making it an unprecedented killing in contemporary Iran's history since 1979.
According to Iran International, these groups allegedly included Afghanistan's Fatemiyoun Brigade, Pakistan's Zainebiyoun Brigade, and factions linked to Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces.
All of them collectively carried out a significant portion of the killings during the two-day crackdown, in which estimates of the death toll range from around 12,000 to as high as 20,000, though such figures remain impossible to independently verify due to Iran's communications blackout.
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