Sally Howard , 2026-01-13 11:21:00
Doctors in Tehran are under attack, hospitals are “overwhelmed,” and human rights groups say that hundreds of people have been killed—with some reports saying the toll could be in the thousands1—as the Iranian security forces opened fire on anti-regime protesters.The Iranian Medical Society UK told The BMJ that deaths were in the thousands, with mortuaries full.Tehran’s main eye specialist centre, Farabi Hospital, is struggling to cope with the number of protesters struck in one or both eyes by small bullets being used against the crowds by Iran’s security forces, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the society said.Namdar Baghaei Yazdi, the society’s UK vice president, said that Iranian security forces in full riot gear had also raided Imam Khomeini Hospital in Ilam, a city in western Iran, on 4 January, attacking medical staff with tear gas and pellets and arresting injured protesters at the hospital.He added that security forces carried out…
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Iran: Doctors come under attack as hospitals “overwhelmed”
