Security forces blocked treatment of wounded protesters in northern Iran
Witnesses told Iran International that security forces prevented injured protesters from receiving medical care at a private clinic in Gilan province in northern Iran during demonstrations earlier this month.
According to the accounts, a doctor in the province had earlier said on social media that he was ready to offer free services such as first aid, stitches and wound care to those hurt in protests.
The witnesses said that on the day of the demonstrations, intelligence agents arrived at the clinic and ordered the doctor to stop seeing patients.
After a brief argument, the agents stayed outside the clinic and told people bringing injured protesters that it was closed, the witnesses said.
The account said the doctor was not allowed to leave the clinic until late at night, effectively keeping him inside.
As a result, many wounded protesters in the area were unable to receive treatment.
A shopkeeper who sheltered protesters was shot dead by security forces in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz during nationwide demonstrations, people familiar with the matter told Iran International in messages received on Wednesday.
Local sources said Gholamreza Zareh, the owner of the Linda flower shop on Qadamgah Street in Shiraz, was killed on the evening of Jan. 8 after giving refuge to several protesters.
They said that when Zareh later opened his door to check whether the security crackdown had ended security forces immediately shot him in the neck, killing him instantly. The fate of the fleeing protestors remained unclear.
A 19-year-old Iranian protester, Shahab Fallahpour, was killed by security forces during demonstrations in the southwestern city of Andimeshk, people familiar with the matter told Iran International.
The sources said Fallahpour, a wrestler and a resident of the Shohada neighbourhood in Andimeshk, was shot during protests on Parto Street on Friday, January 9. They said he was targeted by sniper fire from a rooftop and that the shooting was carried out without warning.
According to the sources, Fallahpour’s body was buried three days later, in the early hours of January 12, at around 4 a.m., in the presence of his parents, without a funeral ceremony and under the supervision of government forces.
The sources said the family has been pressured and threatened not to speak to the media.
