Iran Blasts Amnesty Protest Toll Calling It 'Disinformation'

Iran rejected human rights watchdog amnesty international's death toll at more than 100 in recent protests as "Fabricated", calling the group a "Biased" organisation. Tehran's UN Spokesman Alireza Miryousefi described amnesty's figure of 106 dead in the demonstrations as part of a "disinformation campaign waged against Iran from outside the country".The Spokesman tweeted that "any casualty figures not confirmed by the government are speculative [and] not reliable," .In a statement, the UK-based rights group accused Iranian security forces of using "excessive and lethal force" to crush the demonstrations since they started.