"Some had been wounded by shotguns and [later] were killed in the hospital with live ammunition… [protesters] who had been shot with live bullets and were again killed inside the hospital with live ammunition." As a result of the state crackdown, Dr Rahmani-Rad says the security forces are now effectively in control of the hospitals. This has obscured the true impact of the brutal crackdown and made it difficult to collect verified data on the number of people killed and injured during the uprising.
Author: John Sparks, international correspondent, Maz Poynter and Alicja Hagopian, Data and Forensics
Published at: 2026-01-28 22:43:00
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