This page keeps the memory of 30 doctors, nurses, dentists, veterinarians and medical students; people whose work was to heal others. The first date on this page is 11 Khordad 1388 and the last 22 Dey 1404. 15 of them were killed in protests, 4 lost their lives in custody, 3 were killed by government forces outside the protests, 2 were executed and 2 were assassinated outside Iran. The death sentence of one person has been upheld, one person has been sentenced to death and 2 people face a charge that carries the death penalty.
Spread over the years
Unlike many groups, the names on this page are spread over various years: 4 names in 1388, 3 names in 1389, 7 names in 1401 and 7 names in 1404, and the years 1390, 1395, 1396, 1397 and 1398 one name each. Tehran with 6 names and Kermanshah with 4 names have the largest share. The ages range from 18 to 61 years, and the median is 28 years. The sources have written of 10 people that they were women.
Treating the wounded
Aida Rostami, 36 years old, a general practitioner in Tehran, in the days of the protests of 1401 secretly treated the wounded in their homes together with several students. She had earlier given voluntary help to the earthquake victims of Kermanshah and treated poor patients free of charge. According to the source, she was identified and abducted while helping the wounded and was killed under torture on 21 Azar 1401. Ebrahim Rigi, 24 years old, a doctor at the Social Security hospital in Zahedan, who had tended to the wounded after the “Bloody Friday of Zahedan,” lost his life on 3 Esfand 1401 at the police station. Saleheh Akbari, 35 years old, a nurse and professional mountaineer in Ardabil, stood up to the agents in Dey 1404 to defend her husband and was hit by a bullet in the chest. Sajjad Kiani, 38 years old, a dentist of good reputation in Eslamabad-e Gharb, was killed on 18 Dey 1404.
Before that
Ramin Pourandarjani, 26 years old, the top student of the Tabriz medical faculty, who was doing his military service as a doctor, was found dead on 19 Aban 1388; according to the source, “signs of bruising and haematoma were visible around the neck.” Abdolreza Soudbakhsh, 61 years old, head of the infectious diseases department of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran and father of four children, who had examined abused prisoners from Kahrizak and Evin, was killed on 30 Shahrivar 1389 while leaving his surgery. Mohammad Kamrani, 18 years old, who was preparing for the medical entrance exam, died on 25 Tir 1388 in Kahrizak. Borhan Mansournia, 28 years old, a veterinarian who wanted to build a clinic in Marivan, lost his life on 27 Aban 1398 in Kermanshah. Omran Dehvari, 27 years old, a medical student in his final years in Zahedan, died in suspicious circumstances in his home on 30 Aban 1395.
Khadijeh (Shahla) Jahed, 41 years old, a nurse, was executed on 10 Azar 1389. Mansour Akbarpour, 32 years old, who had a dental laboratory in Mahabad, was killed on 17 Shahrivar 1397 in the IRGC missile attack in Koya. The charges are the account of the authorities, not a verdict of guilt.
Sources and incompleteness
These 30 names are not all of the doctors and nurses who have lost their lives; the page contains only those whose medical work the sources have mentioned. The main sources are Persian Wikipedia with 14 cases, the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center with 13, the Iran Human Rights Society with 12, iranhrs.org with 11, iranintl.com with 8, HRANA / Human Rights Activists in Iran and Iran International with 7 each, Kurdpa and the Hana Human Rights Organization with 5 each and English Wikipedia with 4 cases. If you were a colleague or patient of one of them, send us your memory or correction.