Article 69ER6 British health worker shot multiple times in Iran protests, injuries show

British health worker shot multiple times in Iran protests, injuries show

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Patrick Wintour
from World news | The Guardian on (#69ER6)

Exclusive: British-Iranian man says he was attacked after protesting against an assault on a teenage girl by security services

This story contains graphic images

A British-Iranian health worker who joined anti-regime street protests in Tehran still has five shotgun pellets lodged in his body after being fired at repeatedly by Iranian security forces at point-blank range.

It is thought the security officers were using shotguns to fire buckshot cartridges containing multiple pellets that then spread through the victim's body.

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