 began at the end of December 2025 amid a deepening economic crisis, initially sparked by frustration over skyrocketing inflation, rising food prices, and severe depreciation of the Iranian rial, before evolving into a broader movement demanding an end to the Islamic Republic's rule.

a) highest editorial consensus on Wikipedia on the death count on 20 March 2025

b) if a) is lacking, by checking the conservative estimate of deaths on the aforementioned Wikipedia page's causality section, or the equivalent information in a verified redirect/article move/paraphernalia (eg. infobox).

c) In case of noticeable discrepancies with other reports such as lack of editorial updates, shuttering of Wikipedia, or similar- reports from newspapers of record or news agencies of record, human rights organizations (such as HRANA), and Iranian state media will be considered, in order of preference.

If Wikipedia is temporarily blacked out for less than a period of two days, if this period includes the resolution date, the latest diff before the resolution date will be used for determination of the death count per a) or b). Otherwise, c) will be used.