8,000 arrests in 130 cities: Iran opposition chronicles torture and death in uprising 1/18/2018 9:16:56 AM Anti-government protesters demonstrated in Iran World Tribune, January 17, 2018  - At least 50 people have been killed, including five by torture, and 8,000 have been arrested since anti-government protests erupted in Iran late last month, an opposition group said. The National Council of Resistance of Iran, based in Europe, said protests have spread to 130 cities. The council on Jan. 16 released a list of five protesters it said were tortured to death by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its various security units . One was identified as Kianoush Zandi, a graduate of the University of Sanandaj. The council said Zandi disappeared on Jan. 4. His body was returned to the family on Jan. 14 by Sanandaj intelligence. “The intelligence henchmen told the martyr’s family that he was killed in the demonstrations,” the council said. “But ...