Iranian women in anti-regime protests being targeted in breasts and genitalia: Report
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Raven Ruma
- . December 9, 2022
- . Update: December 9, 2022 3:08 pm
The security forces in the Islamic Republic of Iran are targeting women in anti-regime protests by shooting at their faces, breasts and genitals, according to interviews with medics by The Guardian.
Doctors and nurses claimed that many women were shot in their genitals. They said that women arrived for treatment with different wounds. According to medics, men were targeted in their legs, buttocks and backs. According to medical professionals, those injuries could leave many young Iranians with permanent damage.
A physician told The Guardian, “I treated a woman in her early 20s, who was shot in her genitals by two pellets. Ten other pellets were shot in her inner thigh.” The medical professional further said those 10 pellets from her inner thigh were easily removed, but the two pellets in her genitals were hard to remove because “they were located in between her urethra and vaginal opening.”
The woman was shot in her genitals and thighs while she was protesting. The physician said that there was a serious risk of vaginal infection.
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A medical professional from Karaj reportedly said that the security forces shot at the genitals of women because they had “an inferiority complex and they wanted to get rid of their sexual complexes by hurting these young women.”
Meanwhile, the first death penalty on a protester was carried out on Thursday morning. The man, identified as Mohsen Shekari, was convicted over the recent anti-government unrest. He was found guilty of moharebeh (enmity against God).
Anti-government and anti-hijab protests have continued in the country following the death of a 22-year-old Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, in the custody of morality police. The protests ignited the boldest challenge to the clerical rulers of the country.
Amini was reportedly arrested for not properly covering her hair with a hijab. Human rights activists said that Amini was allegedly beaten into a coma by Iran’s morality police.
