Article 66MMF Iranian forces shooting at faces and genitals of female protesters, medics say

Iranian forces shooting at faces and genitals of female protesters, medics say

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Deepa Parent and Ghoncheh Habibiazad
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Exclusive: Men and women coming in with shotgun wounds to different parts of bodies, doctors say

Iranian security forces are targeting women at anti-regime protests with shotgun fire to their faces, breasts and genitals, according to interviews with medics across the country.

Doctors and nurses - treating demonstrators in secret to avoid arrest - said they first observed the practice after noticing that women often arrived with different wounds to men, who more commonly had shotgun pellets in their legs, buttocks and backs.

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