"They shot every passer-by": Iranian doctor reports brutal action

Created: 11/28/2022, 2:39 p.m

By: Franziska Schwarz

The Iranian head of state invokes an alleged "brain domination" by "the enemy".

A protester, on the other hand, describes scenes from the street - and much more concretely.

Tehran/Munich - There is no Internet in Iran.

The government massively restricts access or blocks it completely on some days.

In the midst of the protests in Iran, however, voices from the country are still getting out.

For example, that of an Iranian doctor - who covers himself with a hoodie and a face mask in the video interview for safety.

The doctor took part in a demonstration in Tehran last month where security forces killed "at least one person".

"They shot everyone on the sidewalk," he told CNN.

He himself suffered several bruises on his body;

unlike other protesters, he was spared batons.

Protests in Iran: Imprisoned actors and footballers released on bail?

Since the imprisonment of several journalists in Iran, the local press either does not report on the protests at all or only reports what the government in Tehran tells them to do.

The arrested Iranian actress Hengameh Ghasiani was released on Monday (November 28), a day earlier the well-known artist Ghasiani - both women only on bail, as reported by Iranian news agencies.

They took part in the uprising against the mullahs' regime.

Local media had previously reported that the well-known Kurdish soccer player Voria Ghafouri (accusation: “propaganda” against the state) was out of prison again.

However, his wife denied this on Instagram.

Image from September 30: A woman at a demonstration in Tehran against the mullahs' regime © Uncredited

Activist in Iran: "Our duty to the next generation"

Iran's religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has now warned the population against being seduced by "propaganda" from abroad.

"The enemy is trying to control the brains," said the 83-year-old, according to dpa on the last weekend in November.

Khamenei explicitly mentioned the USA.

Israel is also seen as the arch-enemy of the Islamic country, and Saudi Arabia as a regional rival.

To the doctor, who asked not to be named on CNN, that must sound like mockery.

"As long as the Islamic Republic rules the country, I cannot do my job," he told CNN.

He protested along with about a hundred medical workers.

It wasn't about higher pay.

"It is our duty to the next generation to stand up against the Islamic Republic," he continued.

Iran protests: Germany under Chancellor Scholz submits resolution

The trigger for the uprisings, often led by women, was the death of the Iranian Kurd Jina Mahsa Amini in mid-September.

She died in police custody after being arrested for breaking the Islamic dress code. Police and security forces are cracking down on this.

According to human rights activists, more than 440 demonstrators were killed.

The paramilitary Basij militias play an important role in this.

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On November 24, the UN Human Rights Council decided to conduct an independent investigation into the ongoing violence by the Iranian security apparatus.

Germany and Iceland had submitted a corresponding resolution.