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Horrifying Hospital Murders Reported In Iran Crackdown
by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International Correspondent
TEHRAN/JERUSALEM (Worthy News) – Horrifying accounts continue to emerge from Iran after last month’s violent crackdown on anti-government protests, with activists and rights groups describing scenes of extreme brutality and alleging killings that reportedly continued even inside hospitals and detention centers.
Witness stories cited by opposition media include reports of a mother holding her shot-dead son in her arms through the night in an alley, fearing authorities would seize his body, and of young demonstrators allegedly killed at close range by security forces.
Dissident Shiva Mahbobi, who campaigns for political prisoners from exile in Britain, told Iran International — a London-based Persian-language opposition news outlet — that “a massacre has taken place in the streets,” warning that another bloodbath may be unfolding silently in prisons and detention centers.
While hard proof for some of the most severe allegations remains difficult to obtain under Iran’s censorship and internet blackouts, evidence has been mounting from witness testimony, documentation groups, and foreign-based media accusing Iranian forces of executing wounded protesters after they reached medical care.
KILLED PATIENTS SEEN IN BODY BAGS
The Wall Street Journal newspaper reported on one young man admitted to the hospital with a gunshot wound, who security agents later took away.
His family reportedly found him days afterward in a morgue with a second bullet wound to the head.
Iran’s independent fact-check organization Factnameh has said it verified photographs showing dead patients in body bags, still wearing hospital clothing and with catheters attached, with apparent gunshot wounds to the forehead.
An Iranian doctor also told Radio Farda — a U.S.-funded Persian-language broadcaster — that security agents stormed hospitals and “finished off” wounded protesters. Medical workers who treated demonstrators have reportedly been detained.
IRAN DEATH TOLL RAPIDLY RISING
Even Iranian newspapers have published lists of “missing” hospital staff despite strict censorship, suggesting authorities can no longer fully conceal the scale of the violence.
The exact number of those killed in protests against Iran’s hardline Islamic rulers remains unclear, with estimates varying widely amid restricted access for international observers.
Iranian authorities have acknowledged several thousand deaths. Independent rights groups cite much higher figures, with some estimates suggesting tens of thousands may have been murdered.
Iran International has cited claims and documents suggesting the toll may have reached as high as 36,500 killed, though such numbers cannot be independently verified.
CHRISTIAN MINORITIES IN IRAN FACE RISING FEARS
Christian advocates monitoring Iran say the reports underscore the vulnerability of civilians under the Islamic Republic, including religious minorities.
Iran’s small Christian community — including Armenian and Assyrian believers as well as converts from Islam — has long faced pressure, arrests, and restrictions on worship.
During times of unrest, Christians and other minorities often fear intensified persecution and further limitations on religious freedom.
Christian leaders and rights groups have urged prayer for Iran, where grieving families, imprisoned protesters, and detained medical workers face dangers, while calling for accountability and the protection of human life.
As Iran prepares for renewed diplomatic talks abroad aimed at preventing wider conflict, rights groups insist the world must not ignore what they describe as a growing humanitarian catastrophe inside the country.
Copyright 1999-2026 Worthy News. This article was originally published on Worthy News and was reproduced with permission.
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