Staff at three hospitals in Iran have told the BBC their facilities are overwhelmed with dead or injured patients, as major anti-government protests continue. A medic at one Tehran hospital said there were direct shots to the heads of the young people, to their hearts as well, while a doctor stated that an eye hospital in the capital had declared a crisis. Reports indicate grievous injuries from both live ammunition and rubber pellets.
As protests escalate, the U.S. warned that violence against demonstrators would elicit a military response. Iran accused the U.S. of inciting chaos in what they deemed peaceful protests that devolved into acts of vandalism.
President Trump expressed support for the protesters on social media, stating, Iran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before. The USA stands ready to help!!! The protests began in Tehran two weeks ago over economic hardships and have since spread to cities nationwide, with hundreds of protesters reportedly killed or injured.
Hospital workers described harrowing conditions, revealing that many victims could not be saved due to the sheer volume of casualties overwhelming resources. One hospital reported as many as thirty-eight fatalities in a single night, with bodies piling up since the morgue was full.
A doctor using a satellite connection reported that Tehran's primary eye hospital had suspended non-urgent surgeries to manage the influx of emergency cases. Notably, accounts point to the use of shotguns that fire cartridges filled with pellets by Iranian security forces in confrontations with demonstrators.
Eyewitness footage has surfaced showing public unrest, including protesters setting fire to government buildings in Karaj. Despite government assertions that no protester was killed during a recent night of unrest, reports from the ground suggest otherwise.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei remains resolute against the protests, vowing to clamp down on what he refers to as subversive elements. External leaders across Europe expressed solidarity with the protesters and condemned the violent repression of their freedoms.
As the situation unfolds, calls for international attention grow alongside urgent appeals from within Iran for self-led change.
As protests escalate, the U.S. warned that violence against demonstrators would elicit a military response. Iran accused the U.S. of inciting chaos in what they deemed peaceful protests that devolved into acts of vandalism.
President Trump expressed support for the protesters on social media, stating, Iran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before. The USA stands ready to help!!! The protests began in Tehran two weeks ago over economic hardships and have since spread to cities nationwide, with hundreds of protesters reportedly killed or injured.
Hospital workers described harrowing conditions, revealing that many victims could not be saved due to the sheer volume of casualties overwhelming resources. One hospital reported as many as thirty-eight fatalities in a single night, with bodies piling up since the morgue was full.
A doctor using a satellite connection reported that Tehran's primary eye hospital had suspended non-urgent surgeries to manage the influx of emergency cases. Notably, accounts point to the use of shotguns that fire cartridges filled with pellets by Iranian security forces in confrontations with demonstrators.
Eyewitness footage has surfaced showing public unrest, including protesters setting fire to government buildings in Karaj. Despite government assertions that no protester was killed during a recent night of unrest, reports from the ground suggest otherwise.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei remains resolute against the protests, vowing to clamp down on what he refers to as subversive elements. External leaders across Europe expressed solidarity with the protesters and condemned the violent repression of their freedoms.
As the situation unfolds, calls for international attention grow alongside urgent appeals from within Iran for self-led change.
