{"id":14728,"date":"2026-01-29T05:45:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/doctors-share-disturbing-accounts-of-iran-crackdown\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T05:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:45:31","slug":"doctors-share-disturbing-accounts-of-iran-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/doctors-share-disturbing-accounts-of-iran-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors share disturbing accounts of Iran crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Iran, the climate of fear has been restored after the clerics who run this country successfully crushed nationwide revolt.<\/p>\n

Yet their determination to stay in power is matched by their efforts to conceal what has happened.<\/p>\n

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Iran<\/strong>‘s communications blackout – which began on 8 January<\/strong> – has eased somewhat, with sporadic internet access now possible.<\/p>\n

But it remains difficult to communicate with people inside the country, who must find both the courage and the practical means to reach out.<\/p>\n

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Dr Yaser Rahmani-Rad wants his voice to be heard. A specialist in internal medicine at a public hospital in Tehran, he told Sky News what he saw as the regime launched its crackdown in the capital.<\/p>\n

“Pressure was being put on nurses and doctors to clear out the emergency department. In other words, any patient who was there – whether they had clear medical indications or not – was told to be discharged. They wanted the emergency ward emptied for security forces who had been injured.”<\/p>\n

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We know members of the Iranian security forces have made incursions into clinics and hospitals. Images of one such operation inside the Imam Khomeini Hospital in western Iran have been posted online.<\/p>\n

Staff members are seen trying to stop them at the front entrance.<\/p>\n

Dr Rahmani-Rad relayed details passed to him by colleagues trying to cope with the consequences of the state crackdown.<\/p>\n

“In some cases patients were removed from ventilators and other medical equipment. They said: ‘Let them die. They have no rights. They are against the Islamic system, and they deserve to die.'”<\/p>\n

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Medical workers also told the doctor security officials targeted protesters with their weapons inside medical facilities.<\/p>\n

“Some had been wounded by shotguns and (later) were killed in the hospital with live ammunition… (protesters) who had been shot with live bullets and were again killed inside the hospital with live ammunition.”<\/p>\n

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As a result of the state crackdown, Dr Rahmani-Rad says the security forces are now effectively in control of the hospitals.<\/p>\n

“If they realise that someone who was injured in the protests has gone to a hospital, or even if they had gone before and managed to escape them, they will arrest that person. By checking security cameras, they track them down, raid the locations, and detain them. This is the situation we’re in right now.”<\/p>\n

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