Overview
- Videos and witness accounts show riot police storming Ilam’s Khomeini Hospital on January 4, with activists alleging gunfire that killed hospitalized protesters.
- Iranian authorities acknowledged an “incident” at the facility and framed it as a security operation, while withholding casualty figures and operational details.
- Reports from families and medical staff describe attempts to detain wounded protesters, forced removal of bodies, and beatings of clinicians who resisted.
- Hospital services were severely disrupted, with accounts of tear gas and batons used inside the facility and several sick children transferred to intensive care in poor conditions.
- The U.S. State Department condemned the raid as a serious human-rights violation and urged transparency and accountability as strikes and protests continue in Tehran and other cities.