reporter: look, christine, we heard from human rights organizations condemning the actions of the iranian security forces. we re talking about tear gas, metal pellets, beatings and live fire ammunition being used against peaceful protesters. just over the weekend in the kurdish cities, we saw according to one human rights group based in iran, the reported shooting by the iranian security forces of four individuals, at least four people killed across those two cities. as you laid out there, the death toll, according to human rights groups, appears to be rising. this is a brutal and deadly crackdown by the security forces. we heard just yesterday from iran s deputy interior minister for security and law enforcement outlining the regime s hardline response to what he described as riots, not protests, those arrested by authorities and police will be tried quickly and their verdicts would be deterrent for others hoping to
protests we re seeing. reporter: those brave acts of defiance are continuing up and down the country. we have over the weekend in iran continued to see demonstrations taking place across the country, but of course, in response to that we are also continuing to see that violent and deadly crackdown by the iranian security forces, particularly as we saw over the weekend in the kurdish region of iran. we saw at least two people now being killed, according to human rights groups, by the iranian security forces after they sat peaceful protesters, shot at peaceful protesters, going into people s houses, targeting houses, attacking protesters where they are attempting to take shelter. violent crackdown continues. we ve heard from human rights organizations detailing the use of excessive and lethal force by the iranian security forces. we re talking about tear gas, metal pellets, beatings, even
deadly crackdown on any signs of dissent. on saturday alone, at least four protesters were killed across the two cities after security forces opened fire on protesters. human rights groups have also detailed the use of excessive and lethal force by iran security forces. we re talking about tear gas, metal pellets, beatings, and even live fire ammunition being used against peaceful protesters. and while cnn can t independently verify death toll claims, the human rights organization says that it believes at least 185 people have been killed since september, including 19 children. now, according to iran s semi-official, iran s deputy interior minister for security and law enforcement said sunday that any protesters would not be released and would be tried in court quickly, adding in their verdicts would be decisive and
protesters. according to iranian human rights group. human rights groups have detailed the use of excessive and lethal force talking about tear gas, metal pellets, beatings and even live fire ammunition used against peaceful protesters. and while cnn can t independently verify death toll claims, the human rights organization says it believes at least 185 people have been killed since september including 19 children. according to iran s news agency the defensementy interior minister for security and law enforcement said sunday that any protesters arrested would not be released and would be tried in court quickly, adding their verdicts would be decisive and deterrent. in the midst of this continued violence and even restrictions on internet access in parts of the country, we also saw another public show of defiance on
continued to be a brutal and deadly crackdown on any signs of dissent. on saturday alone at least four were killed after security forces opened fire on protesters according to an iranian human rights group. they ve detailed excessive and lethal force. talking teargas, metal pellets, beating and even live fire ammunition used against peaceful protesters. while cnn can t independently verify death toll claims, the human rights organization says it believes at least 185 people have been killed since september including 19 children. now, according to aaron, that didn t see the deputy security for law enforcement said sunny protesters arrested would not be released and would be tried in court quickly, adding that their