The Iranian regime, notorious for its brutality, is reportedly targeting civilians uninvolved in the widespread anti-government demonstrations, according to shocked observers. By Tuesday, the death toll had soared to approximately 2,000.

Gruesome accounts of the violence began to surface late Monday as Iranians managed to reach out internationally, following the regime’s decision to sever internet access in a harsh attempt to suppress dissent.

Witnesses recounted scenes of terror in Fardis, a city near Tehran, where uniformed security personnel on motorcycles were seen shooting at demonstrators, as reported by BBC Persian.

Additionally, plainclothes officers were said to patrol side streets, targeting and killing residents who were not participating in the protests, according to one local source.

“In every alley, two or three people were killed,” the witness reported.

A young woman said the worst of the carnage unfolded in Tehran on Friday when the city became a battlefield.

“Security forces only killed and killed and killed. Seeing it with my own eyes made me so unwell that I completely lost morale. Friday was a bloody day,” she said.

“In war, both sides have weapons. Here, people only chant and get killed. It is a one-sided war.”

About 2,000 people, including security personnel, have been killed so far, an Iranian official claimed on Tuesday — marking the first time authorities have acknowledged the high death toll.

The Iranian official, who didn’t give a breakdown of who had been killed, blamed terrorists for the deaths of both protesters and security personnel.

A human rights group has estimated at least hundreds of protesters have been massacred.

More than 10,700 people also have been detained over the two weeks of protests, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.

The United Nation’s human rights chief said Tuesday he was “horrified” by mounting violence by Iran’s security forces against peaceful protesters.

“This cycle of horrific violence cannot continue. The Iranian people and their demands for fairness, equality and justice must be heard,” the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, said in a statement.

The distressing accounts are among the first to surface following two weeks of nationwide unrest, sparked by the country’s crumbling economy.

President Trump, for his part, has threatened US military force against the authoritarian regime.

Iran, however, has warned that the US military and Israel would be “legitimate targets” if Washington uses force to protect demonstrators.

With Post wires