Horror in Iran as ‘morgues are overflowing’ and protesters ‘shot directly in the head’ | World | News
Bodies are piling up in overwhelmed hospitals in Iran as major protests continue in the country, according to reports. BBC It was confirmed that the morgue was overflowing at Poursina Hospital in the city of Rasht after at least 70 bodies were brought in overnight. Meanwhile, a doctor at a Tehran hospital said his staff was in crisis mode after protesters were brought in with “direct shots to their heads” and “direct shots to their hearts.”
The bloodshed came as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei signaled the impending crackdown despite US warnings. Tehran stepped up its threats on Saturday, with Iran’s chief prosecutor, Mohammad Movahedi Azad, warning that anyone participating in the protests would be considered “enemies of God” and face the death penalty.
In the statement made by Iranian state television, it was stated that even “those who aid the rebels” could be charged.
The following statements were made in the statement: “Prosecutors must carefully and without delay prepare the ground for trial and decisive confrontation with those who want to establish foreign domination over the country by preparing an indictment, betraying the nation and creating insecurity.
“Trials must be conducted without tolerance, mercy or tolerance.”
At least 65 people have been killed and more than 2,300 arrested in protests over the past two weeks, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.
A hospital worker in the capital Tehran said there were so many injured patients that staff did not have time to perform CPR.
He told the BBC: “About 38 people died. Many of them were shot directly into the heads and hearts of young people as soon as they reached the emergency department. Many did not even make it to hospital.”
“The number was so high that there was no room left in the morgue, the bodies were stacked on top of each other. After the morgue was full, they were stacked on top of each other in the mosque.”
Iran also cut off internet connections and phone lines across the country amid protests over the regime’s handling of the ailing economy.
Just after 8pm on Thursday evening, Iran’s 85 million people were cut off from the rest of the world. The population is now limited in sharing images and witness accounts of protests across the country.
