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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Deepa Parent

Iran accused of ‘campaign of revenge’ as doctors arrested for treating protesters

People gather on and near a road where fires have been lit, which are giving off large plumes of smoke.
Iranians block a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on 9 January 2026. At least 6,000 deaths have been verified by one human rights organisation, which is investigating more that 17,000 more. Photograph: MAHSA/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images

Doctors are being arrested in Iran for helping save the lives of some of the tens of thousands injured during Iran’s brutal crackdown on anti-regime protests, with at least one surgeon now at risk of being sentenced to death.

The arrests and death sentence are part of a campaign of “revenge”, say human rights groups, after healthcare workers and doctors refused to ignore the plight of badly injured protesters shot or stabbed at close range, and in some cases set up makeshift treatment centres.

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