Tehran doctors say Iranian security forces intentionally firing at protesters’ eyes and heads

14 January 2026, 1:44 am

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Over 400 eye wounds from gunshots have been documented at a Tehran hospital by an ophthalmologist working there, according to the Guardian.

The British newspaper reports that it received three messages from doctors about the conditions in hospitals, which they say have been overwhelmed by demonstrators with gunshot wounds — most of them to the eyes and heads.

“[Security forces] are deliberately shooting at the head and the eyes. They want to damage the head and the eyes so they can no longer see, the same thing they did in [2022],” one of the doctors is quoted as saying. According to the doctor, many of the injured had to have their eyes removed and were blinded as a result.

“Eyes were hit by birdshot pellets and it was deliberate, they are shooting to kill.”