Tehran launches pro-government protests in Iran

"According to credible reports... those killed include at least 143 people," Amnesty International said. "The deaths have resulted almost entirely from the use of firearms," apart from a death from tear gas and another after a beating, it added. Amnesty, which last week gave a death toll of more than 100 as security forces stamped out protests that followed fuel price rises on November 15, said it believed the actual toll would climb "significantly higher" as it investigated.