LA Times:

s many as 3,700 people were arrested during the recent unrest in Iran, a lawmaker said Tuesday, offering a glimpse into the scale of the crackdown on the most significant anti-government protests here in nearly a decade.

Mahmoud Sadeghi, a reformist member of parliament, cited the figure in his Telegram social media account but did not elaborate on the source. Iranian officials had previously said only that hundreds had been arrested.

Questions have surrounded the fate of detainees since the protests began Dec. 28 in the city of Mashhad and spread to dozens of cities, as demonstrators called for an end to the theocracy that has ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. At least 21 people were killed, according to official accounts.

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