As street protests spreadacross Iranin early January,the authorities turned offthe internet. Most of the worlddidn’tsee the bloodycrackdown that followed.
But Iran’s doctors and nurses did.
We surveyed Iranianmedical workersacross 14 citiesand 11 provinces abouttheirexperiences treating woundedprotesters. Despite great personalrisk,they shared their stories.
By Roxana Saberi and Fatemeh Jamalpour
Ms. Saberi is an Iranian American journalist. She was imprisoned in Tehran in 2009 and falsely accused of espionage. Ms. Jamalpour is an Iranian journalist living in the United States.
In January, at the peak of the violent crackdown on widespread anti-regime protests in Iran, a medical worker in the northern city of Rasht suddenly found his trauma center overwhelmed with hundreds of injured protesters.
Many were struck by multiple pellets or bullets targeting their heads, necks, chests, femurs and abdomens. “They were shooting to kill, absolutely,” he said.
After four days, he finally went home. Instead of sleeping, he began compiling 11 gigabytes of X-rays, CT scans and medical records, later sending them to us on an encrypted messaging app.
“They want to sweep it under the rug,” he wrote.
Images of wounded Iranians provided by a medical worker in Rasht.
Source: Drudge Report
