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The decease toll from a crackdown implicit Iran's nationwide protests past period has reached astatine slightest 7,002 radical killed with galore much inactive feared dead, activists said connected Thursday (February 12, 2026).
The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which offered the latest figures, has been close successful counting deaths during erstwhile rounds of unrest successful Iran and relies connected a web of activists successful Iran to verify deaths. The dilatory emergence successful the decease toll has travel arsenic the bureau dilatory is capable to crosscheck accusation arsenic connection remains hard with those wrong of the Islamic Republic.
Iran's authorities offered its lone decease toll connected January 21, saying 3,117 radical were killed. Iran's theocracy successful the past has undercounted oregon not reported fatalities from past unrest.
The Associated Press has been incapable to independently measure the decease toll, fixed authorities person disrupted net entree and planetary calls successful Iran.
The emergence successful the decease toll comes arsenic Iran tries to negociate with the United States implicit its atomic programme.
Senior Iranian information authoritative Ali Larijani met connected Wednesday (February 11, 2026) successful Qatar with Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. Qatar hosts a large U.S. subject installation that Iran attacked successful June, aft the U.S. bombed Iranian atomic sites during the 12-day Iran-Israel warfare successful June. Mr. Larijani besides met with officials of the Palestinian Hamas militant group, and successful Oman with Tehran-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026).
Mr. Larijani told Qatar's Al Jazeera outer quality web that Iran did not person immoderate circumstantial connection from the U.S. successful Oman, but acknowledged that determination was an "exchange of messages".
Qatar has been a cardinal negotiator successful the past with Iran, with which it shares a monolithic offshore earthy state tract successful the Persian Gulf. Its state-run Qatar News Agency reported that ruling emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump astir "the existent concern successful the portion and planetary efforts aimed astatine de-escalation and strengthening determination information and peace", without elaborating.
The U.S. has moved the craft bearer USS Abraham Lincoln, ships and warplanes to the Middle East to unit Iran into an statement and person the firepower indispensable to onslaught the Islamic Republic should Mr. Trump take to bash so.
Already, U.S. forces person changeable down a drone they said got excessively adjacent to the Lincoln and came to the assistance of a U.S.-flagged vessel that Iranian forces tried to halt successful the Strait of Hormuz, the constrictive rima of the Persian Gulf.
Mr. Trump told the quality website Axios that helium was considering sending a 2nd bearer to the region. "We person an armada that is heading determination and different 1 mightiness beryllium going," helium said.
