The death toll in violence surrounding protests in Iran has risen to at least 35 people, activists said Tuesday, as the demonstrations showed no signs of stopping.

The figure came from the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which said more than 1,200 people have been detained in the protests that have been ongoing for more than a week.

The death toll included 29 protesters and four children, as well as two members of Iran’s security forces. Demonstrations have reached over 250 locations in 27 of Iran’s 31 provinces.

The group, which relies on an activist network inside of Iran for its reporting, has been accurate in past unrest.

The semiofficial Fars news agency, believed to be close to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, reported late Monday that some 250 police officers and 45 members of the Guard’s all-volunteer Basij force have been hurt in the demonstrations.

The agency also claimed Monday that the protests were slowing down, and that “the trend observed on Sunday night shows a notable decrease in the number of gatherings and their geographic reach compared to previous nights.”

Massive crowds of Iranian anti-regime protesters have taken to the streets of Sonqor and Kolyai in Iran's Kermanshah province, joining the nationwide protests against the Islamic Regime. pic.twitter.com/8RC1OAdspL

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Local media’s accounting of the protests is not exhaustive, and state-run outlets have downplayed their coverage of the demonstrations, while videos flooding social media are often impossible to verify.

On Tuesday, angry protesters conducted a sit-in at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, witnesses said, with security forces ultimately firing tear gas and dispersing demonstrators as the rest of the market shut down.

The protest at the Grand Bazaar, the beating heart for centuries of both Iran’s economic and political life, represents the latest signal that the demonstrations are likely to continue as the country’s rial currency fell to a record low Tuesday.

Tenth day of anti-establishment protests in Iran

Viral photo shows protesters sitting in front of security forces in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar.

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