Iran arresting doctors who treated wounded protesters, activists say

Doctors are being arrested in Iran for treating those injured in the regime’s brutal crackdown on protests, The Guardian reports.

According to the newspaper, at least one surgeon is at risk of being sentenced to death.

Alireza Golchini, 52, from Qazvin in central Iran, has been charged with “moharebeh,” or “waging war against God,” according to Norway-based rights group Hengaw.

His cousin says the doctor posted his phone number on social media and told injured protesters to contact him if they needed help.

“He was arrested in a violent manner in front of his wife and son, who is only 11. They beat him up so badly during arrest, they broke his arm, ribs and dragged him out of his home. My family is terrified,” Nima Golchini, who is based in Canada, tells The Guardian.

“All he did was his duty of saving lives as a medical doctor. He had sworn to save people’s lives. How can any doctor not stand by his oath? I am worried not only for him, but also for other healthcare workers who have been arrested for simply standing by their sworn oath,” she says.

Hengaw tells the newspaper that at least nine doctors and volunteer medics have been arrested in recent days.

Hossein Raeesi, an exiled Iranian human rights lawyer, tells the The Guardian: “This appears to be a deliberate revenge campaign against doctors and medical staff who refuse to abandon the wounded.”

Alireza Golchini, a surgeon from Qazvin, has been sentenced to death for treating injured protesters in Iran.
Doctors are being arrested and executed for doing their jobs.
This is state terror.

Don’t believe the regime’s claim about stopping 800 executions.
When this regime… https://t.co/MlBVciZvv6 pic.twitter.com/mvZ6MQyfIr

— Masih Alinejad ????️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 28, 2026