@ScottLucas several sources talk about thousands of killed protesters, possibly rising to well over 10 000 dead. This is beginning to approach a typical civil war level, or perhaps more correctly, a mssacre.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-protests-death-toll-human-rights-9.7062450

#massacre

More than 6,000 people killed in Iran's crackdown on nationwide protests, activists say | CBC News

Iran's bloody crackdown on nationwide protests killed at least 6,126 people while many others still are feared dead, activists said Tuesday, as a U.S. aircraft carrier group arrived in the Mideast to lead any American military response to the crisis.

CBC