According to Khabaronline, an Iranian news agency, One of these claims, which has circulated on social media and has even been echoed by some Persian-language media outlets based abroad, concerns alleged accounts of injured individuals who were reportedly kept for several days in morgues among corpses and later found alive.
In another narrative, attributed to a supposed injured individual who was allegedly among the bodies, it is claimed that other wounded individuals were also present at the same location and that anyone whose groans were heard was shot and killed by security forces.
In another story, it has been alleged that a man who went to a morgue to retrieve his son’s body noticed movement in one of the bodies and, after abandoning the retrieval of his own son, paid 700 million tomans (approximately 5,000 US dollars, based on an exchange rate of 140,000 tomans per US dollar in Iran's open currency market). to claim that the injured person was his son and subsequently removed him from the morgue.
These claims have been raised despite the fact that, from a medical standpoint, it is fundamentally impossible for an individual who has suffered severe injuries and significant blood loss to survive for several days in morgue conditions, without medical treatment, food, or water.
Moreover, bodies transferred to the Legal Medicine Organisation as deceased are examined by a physician, their deaths are officially registered, and, following completion of specialised procedures, they are transferred to cemeteries.
Concerning allegations of fees being charged to the families of those killed in the recent incidents, these claims have been denied on multiple occasions. According to the Legal Medicine Organisation, no fees whatsoever have been collected from the families of those killed or injured in the recent unrest and terrorist incidents for forensic or medical services.
As an example, the spokesperson for Iran’s judiciary, Jahangir, had previously denied allegations that money was demanded in exchange for handing over victims’ bodies, stating that forensic medical services in such cases are provided free of charge and are intended to ease the suffering of families.
Most recently, the Persian-language service of the British media outlet The Independent raised a claim regarding the alleged denial of medical services to detained rioters. In response, the Public Relations Office of the Tehran Provincial Prisons Organisation issued a statement aimed at clarifying the matter for public opinion.
According to the statement released by the General Directorate of Prisons of Tehran Province, the admission of injured individuals or those in critical physical condition into prisons is fundamentally contrary to the regulations of the Prisons Organisation and the country’s security and corrective measures. Accordingly, claims alleging the transfer and detention of injured rioters in Fashafouyeh Prison instead of medical centres are described as entirely unfounded and lacking any legal basis.
Pursuant to Article 55 of the relevant regulations, prisoners suffering from acute illness, critical physical conditions, injuries, or trauma are not admitted until their condition has stabilised and they have recovered, and are instead referred by judicial or law enforcement authorities to medical centres.
It has also been emphasised that, in all prisons, all inmates, without exception, have access to free, round-the-clock medical services, and that the closure of prison medical facilities is in no way permissible. Based on Article 137 of the Prisons Organisation regulations, inmates are transferred to medical facilities outside prison when necessary for treatment and care.
In accordance with Article 138 of the same regulations, all inmates, without exception, undergo a comprehensive medical examination upon entry into correctional facilities, and where necessary, appropriate treatment is provided, or the inmate is referred to other medical centres.
Finally, in line with transparency efforts and contrary to the claims raised, it was announced that Tehran Greater Penitentiary is staffed with more than 90 medical staff, including physicians, nurses, and healthcare personnel, and that medical servi ces are provided to inmates on a continuous, 24-hour basis.
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