Iranian security forces seized a hospital in Khorramabad and transferred dozens of critically wounded protesters to the morgue [1].
The incident highlights a severe escalation in the state's efforts to suppress anti-government unrest by weaponizing medical facilities. By obstructing emergency care, security forces transitioned a place of healing into a site of state control.
The events occurred during a nationwide crackdown. While some reports date the actions to December 2025 [2], other accounts place the crackdown in January 2026 [1]. This discrepancy reflects the chaotic nature of the reporting during the period of unrest.
In Khorramabad, a city in western Iran, security forces took control of the hospital to prevent the treatment of wounded demonstrators [1], [2]. Reports said that agents attacked patients and medical staff during the raid [2].
Among those affected was a wounded man in his 40s who had been brought to the emergency room [3]. Rather than receiving stabilization or surgery, dozens of critically injured individuals were moved directly to the morgue [1].
Security forces aimed to suppress the protests by ensuring that those wounded in clashes with police could not recover [1], [2]. The obstruction of care at hospitals was a coordinated effort to neutralize the ability of protesters to sustain their movement through medical support [3].
Medical staff faced significant pressure as agents obstructed care and restricted access to patients [3]. The seizure of the facility represents a direct breach of medical neutrality during a period of intense civil strife.
“Dozens of critically wounded protesters were transferred to the morgue”
The reported seizure of a medical facility in Khorramabad suggests a strategy of 'medical warfare' where the state denies basic human rights to political dissidents. By diverting critically injured patients to a morgue, the Iranian security apparatus moves beyond traditional crowd control into the realm of systematic execution through neglect. This action likely aims to terrorize both the protesting population and the medical community, signaling that no space—including hospitals—is exempt from state violence.
