WATCH: Massive fire breaks out in Tehran shopping center amid protests

A large fire broke out in a shopping center in Jannat Abad, Tehran, Iranian state media announced on Tuesday.

Firefighting teams arrived at the scene, attempting to extinguish the fire, which caused large pillars of smoke to rise into the air in the west of the capital.

Video footage shared by London-based anti-regime outlet Iran International appears to show hundreds of bystanders looking on as firefighters attempt to control the blaze.

There were approximately 200 stores that were operating inside the center, according to a fire department spokesperson, cited by Iran International.

The fire appears to have started in a 2,000-square-meter shed, Iran International cited the Tehran Fire Department as saying.

Erfan Soltani, a 26-year-old protester who the authorities sentenced to death following his detention at a protest on January 8, was released on bail on January 312, Norway-based human rights organization Hengaw reported.

Soltani is from Fardis, a city approximately 25 miles west of Tehran. He was charged with "assembly and collusion against the country's internal security," and anti-regime "propaganda activities," according to state broadcaster IRIB.

The US State Department and one of Soltani's relatives claimed that authorities planned to execute him, but Iran's judiciary dismissed this as "fabricated news."

At least 6,854 people have been confirmed to have died during the 37 days of protest activity, as of Monday night, according to data released by the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) on Tuesday.

Out of these, 6,430 were protesters, and 152 were "children under 18."

At least 11,280 additional possible deaths are under investigation by HRANA.

During the 37 days of protests, at least 50,235 arrests have been recorded, including 106 student arrests, 303 forced confessions, and 11,046 summonses, HRANA added, noting that protests have occured at 666 locations across 2,098 cities in all 31 provinces across the country.

Meanwhile, Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi issued a call for mass demonstrations across the globe on February 14, designating the date as a "Global Day of Action" in support of what he termed Iran's "Lion-and-Sun Revolution."

In a statement posted Monday on X/Twitter, the exiled opposition leader called on Iranians abroad and supporters worldwide to gather in major cities to pressure the international community into taking concrete action against the Islamic Republic.

Several protesters have been arrested in recent days, according to data shared by Hengaw on Monday.

This includes at least 16 members of the Kurdish ethnic minority, one of whom was a teenager, the human rights organization reported.

At least three other minors have also been detained in recent days by authorities, Hengaw's data showed.

Hengaw on Monday also highlighted that two women from the Lor ethnic minority were killed during protests in Baharestan, Isfahan Province, "informed sources" told Hengaw. The two were killed on January 9, the sources claimed.