Reports indicate a growing crackdown on medical professionals in Iran, doctors and healthcare workers arrested after treating wounded protesters.
Among those named:
Dr Alireza Rezaei, urologist, Tehran
Matin Moradian, healthcare worker, Mashhad
Dr Saber Dehghan, neurosurgeon, Sirjan
Dr Farhad Nadali, a general surgeon in Gorgan
Dr Ameneh Soleimani in Ardebil
Colleagues are being detained not for violence, but for providing care and, reportedly, for documenting injuries. This pattern suggests an attempt to intimidate medical staff: don’t treat, don’t record, don’t bear witness.
Medical neutrality is a core ethical duty. Treating the wounded is not a crime. Silencing doctors endangers everyone.
Dr. Ameneh Soleimani is a beloved dermatologist from Ardabil and one of the most respected doctors in her field.
A physician known not only for her skill, but for her humanity.
During the recent events, she quietly and courageously helped injured protesters, because she could not turn her back on injustice. She stayed true to the medical oath she had sworn: to protect life, no matter the cost. Ten days ago, she was taken from her home. Since then, there has been no news. No contact. No information about her whereabouts.
Doctors who choose conscience over silence are being kidnapped. Please do not let her vanish.
Be Ameneh’s voice.
