Tehran/Washington, Jan 11 (.) At least 162 protesters have been killed by security forces over the past 15 days during anti-government demonstrations in Iran, a US-based rights group has said, as the hardline Islamic nation’s parliamentary speaker warned of retaliation if Washington intervened militarily, media reports said.
As of Sunday, at least 203 have died in the protests in total, including 41 security personnel, according to a detailed tally provided to CNN by Skylar Thompson, deputy director of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
At least eight of the protesters killed were under 18, HRANA said. The group also reported that at least 3,285 people had been arrested.
Meanwhile, eyewitnesses claimed there was violence on the streets of Iran as the country enters its third week of anti-government protests, which have spread across all of its 31 provinces.

In a warning to the US, Iran’s parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said American military and commercial bases will be treated as targets for retaliation if Washington intervenes militarily.
The warning came a day after US President Donald Trump repeated his threat to attack Iran militarily if Tehran used force to curb the intensifying nationwide protests. . . .