Wounded protester hid in body bag to survive, rights group says

Iran Human Rights Documentation Center said it received an account describing how a wounded protester remained motionless inside a plastic body bag for three days out of fear that security forces would kill him, before his family found him alive.

The group said the family searched for the man for three days before going to Kahrizak, where they looked among bodies for him. They instead found him alive but in critical condition, with severe gunshot wounds.

According to the account, the man survived without food or water while staying still to avoid being detected. His family later managed to take him out and transfer him to a hospital for treatment, the group said.

Iran Human Rights Documentation Center said the account, which it has not been able to independently verify because of widespread internet restrictions, offered a stark picture of the crackdown on protests, the treatment of the wounded and the uncertainty faced by families.