It would be silly to ask someone to prove that a made up number is made up. How can I provide evidence for lack of evidence. A more reasonable starting point would be to bring up what evidence does exist for the 40k number and then evaluate that.
If you want to continue believing it, that's your prerogative. I don't have a dog in this fight. I'm just doing my part to counter misinformation from biased sources.
FWIW, the Human Rights Activists in Iran (Virginia-based NGO) puts the figure at 6,488
You did not provide evidence for your claim. You offered something else entirely. In the future it would be better to provide what is being requested instead of a distraction.
I don't have strong beliefs on this, I just wanted a conclusive source. You did not provide one.
FWIW I'd agree your question wasn't what-about-ism.
Going back to the old way foments instability that jeopardizes the Gulf States, with precisely zero upsides to anyone that isn't a net oil exporter (namely, the US and Russia). If this was about protecting against genocide then the US would be invading Sudan and Gaza, not Iran. The death toll has nothing to do with how American leadership sees this conflict, and it has been like that for over half of a century.