Eyewitnesses to the large-scale protests in Iran narrate in return for The New York Times about government forces opening fire on peaceful demonstrators out of nowhere. The newspaper wrote this on Tuesday. The violence would involve the use of automatic weapons. Witnesses also stated to the newspaper that they had seen snipers shooting from rooftops in the capital Tehran at the masses of demonstrators.
A businessman with whom The New York Times contact, speaks of “a massacre.” The man says these demonstrations are unlike any protest he has experienced before. “I personally saw a boy get shot in the head,” he said in a voice message.
Hospital staff are “overwhelmed” by the numbers of victims being brought in, they report The New York Times. Many protesters were already dead by the time they arrived at the hospital, said a doctor at a hospital in Tehran. Many civilians would have been shot in the head, neck, lungs and heart. Hospitals are occupied by security forces, who arrest injured protesters as soon as they have been treated.
Reliable information about the large-scale demonstrations in Iran is scarce. There is no free press in the country, foreign journalists have been banned since January 8 block the Iranian authorities telephone and internet traffic. It is also difficult to verify the authenticity of images published on social media.
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