Tehran: President Masoud Pezeshkian has dismissed claims by US President Donald Trump regarding casualty figures from recent unrest in Iran, saying that any doubts about Tehran's official data must be supported by evidence.

According to Islamic Republic News Agency, speaking to provincial officials in Mazandaran province on Thursday, Pezeshkian rejected the US president's claim that 32,000 people were killed in the January protests. He added that the official statistics regarding the victims have been released, including their national ID numbers, and emphasized that anyone alleging a higher death toll must provide documented evidence.

The president also noted that over 2,000 of the victims are considered martyrs, among whom more than 300 were security forces dedicated to defending the country's security and were not participating in the protests.

The office of the president of Iran had earlier released the identities of 2,986 victims, compiled by the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization and cross-checked with the National Organization for Civil Registration of Iran, as part of a transparency and accountability policy ordered by President Pezeshkian.