US Edition'Don't take us to a hospital': Iran protesters treated in secret to avoid arrest
At least six medical professionals have been arrested and accused of moharebeh for treating protesters amid a crackdown that has led to over 6,300 deaths, rights groups say.
- Last week Iran Human Rights said sources reported the arrest of at least five doctors and a volunteer first responder, including Qazvin surgeon Dr Alireza Golchini, who was reportedly beaten at home.
- Security forces are present in hospitals such as Imam Khomeini Hospital and monitor patients' records, pressuring doctors and nurses working in emergency departments to clear wards and avoid noting gunshot wounds.
- Hospitals reported that Dr Qasem Fakhrai of Farabi Eye Hospital treated 700 severe eye injury patients by 10 January, while Hossein Shokri said around 13,000 operations occurred during unrest.
- Many injured people are avoiding hospitals and are instead treated secretly at private homes by doctors, nurses and volunteer medics, while some seek remote help from Dr Panteha Rezaeian, cardiovascular specialist .
- This month an internet blackout and reporting ban have hindered verification, while human rights monitors say authorities sought to conceal casualties, complicating independent confirmation.
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Iranian Doctor Says Medical Staff Arrested For Treating Wounded Protesters
After a wave of state violence against antigovernment protesters left thousands dead and wounded, reports have emerged of authorities raiding hospitals to arrest victims seeking treatment. One doctor said that the physicians providing care have also been arrested or threatened by security forces.
In Iran, after medical help, a doctor threatens the death penalty. Not only the brutality of his arrest shocks the family.
Government officials also began to talk about the need for an independent investigation.
Doctors share disturbing accounts of Iran crackdown
Painting an accurate picture of the Iranian regime's crackdown on protesters remains difficult due to sporadic internet access. Sky News has spoken to medical professionals who shared accounts of alleged brutality that's been unleashed.
Medics in Iran arrested for treating wounded protesters
Amid the escalating rhetoric, we have been speaking to a doctor inside Iran who reveals that injured demonstrators were being executed in their hospital beds while seeking treatment. They’ve told us how security forces – including the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard – entered hospitals and killed patients as they lay wounded and defenceless. And they say healthcare workers were detained as punishment for treating injured protestors – …
After violently suppressing the protests, the Iranian clerical regime has begun arresting doctors and nurses who helped injured protesters. Danish-Iranians who have just returned from Iran tell Jyllands-Posten that they saw protesters being beaten or shot.
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