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Iranian Doctor Arrested Amid Crackdown on Medical Personnel Aiding Protesters
Dr. Hamidreza Golchini is one of at least nine doctors and healthcare volunteers arrested over the past week, say rights groups and medics.According to the norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO), security forces raided makeshift medical shelters as well as the homes of doctors and volunteers who treated injured protesters.It said there is no information now on the whereabouts or condition of those detained.
“This appears to be a deliberate revenge campaign against doctors and medical staff who refuse to abandon the wounded,” said Hossein Raeesi, an Iranian human rights lawyer living in exile.
IHRNGO also reported the arrest of a volunteer first responder who had turned his home into an improvised medical shelter. According to the source, he was detained on January 14, 2024, after security forces raided his house, where he had provided care to more than 20 injured protesters, two of whom later died.
“He was taken away in an extremely brutal manner and was severely beaten,” a source told IHRNGO, adding that security forces smashed the windows of the house, destroyed the interior and severely damaged his car during the raid.
At least 22,306 arrests have been made across the country with limited information on their fate, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI), which says the regime is putting pressure on medical networks as a means of reducing support for the injured.
“This persecution of medical personnel is yet another dimension of the regime’s crimes against humanity,” said Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, IHRNGO director.
A statement published on January 26, 2024, by the US State Department on X (formerly Twitter) demanded the release of Golchini and “all the brave doctors who have helped their fellow countrymen”. The statement, from State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller, also said the U.S. would consider holding those involved in the repression of protesters accountable. The reference to President trump and potential consequences for executions was not found in the official State Department statement.
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* Date Correction: The original text was dated “2026-01
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