Istanbul, Jan 28, 2026 (AFP) - 'Too dangerous to go to hospital': a glimpse into Iran's protest crackdown

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2026-01-28

Young protesters shot in the back, shotgun pellets fired in a doctor's face, wounded people afraid to go to hospital: "Every family has been affected" by the deadly crackdown on Iran's recent wave of demonstrations, said one protester. Speaking to AFP in Istanbul, this 45-year-old engineer who asked to be identified as Farhad -- not his real name -- was caught up in the mass protests that swept his home city of one million people just outside Teh......

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