The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said it had confirmed that 5,002 people had been killed, but added that it was still investigating another 9,787 possible fatalities.  PARIS: A US-based rights group said on Friday (Jan 23) it has confirmed the deaths of more than 5,000 people during protests that swept Iran , and that the vast majority were protesters targeted by security forces. NGOs tracking the toll from the crackdown on the biggest protests in Iran in years have said