[regularization]

They have almost no credibility.

Gazan health authorities were releasing the names of their dead, and this was met with great skepticism and qualification in Israel and the West (until this week when Israel just accepted at least tens of thousands died).

Random, inflated numbers from anonymous sources pop up on Iran and they're instantly quoted as fact.

Also - some of the rebels have guns and have been using them, so some of these dead are from shootouts.

[judah]

> "Random, anonymous sources"

Time Magazine is reporting[0] that local Iranian health officials have given that number.

[0]: https://time.com/7357635/more-than-30000-killed-in-iran-say-...

[an_guy]

Did you miss the part where they were not able to verify any of these claims?