DUBAI: More than 800 Iranian doctors have accused the head of the Medical Council of aiding the government by ‘covering up’ the cause of Mahsa Amini’s death while in morality police custody last month.
The group released a statement on October 11 saying Mohammad Raeiszadeh, the head of Iran’s Medical Council, used the name and reputation of the organization to ‘legitimize the so-called fact-finding committee to cover up the cause of Mahsa Amini's death,’ reported Radio Farda.
“The ‘fact-finding’ committee was formed behind closed doors and has no credibility,” wrote the signatories in the statement.
Amini died on September 16, three days after being arrested by morality police in Tehran for allegedly breaking the country's Islamic dress code.
At the time of the incident, eyewitnesses told journalists the 22-year-old victim appeared to have been beaten inside the police van, after which she fell into a coma and was admitted to a hospital.
The doctors who signed the statement said they ‘regretted’ that the council’s head, Raeiszadeh, forgot the ‘moral and social obligation of doctors to defend the people.’
On October 7, an official coroner's report said that Amini's death was not caused by blows to the head or limbs but was instead linked to disease.
State news agency ISNA also reported that the medical board found ‘underlying diseases’ that caused Amini’s death, with no mention of any sustained injuries.
Several other doctors, who saw pictures of Amini in the hospital, pointed out on social media that the cause of the bleeding from her ear could be a blow to the head.
Her death has sparked a wave of street protests in both in Iran and in several other countries, with strong international reactions to the incident.
At least 201 people, including 23 children, have been killed in nationwide protests that have rocked Iran since Amini’s death.
Iranian doctors accuse medical officials of covering up cause of Amini’s death
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Iranian doctors accuse medical officials of covering up cause of Amini’s death
- Amini died on September 16, three days after being arrested by morality police in Tehran
- At least 201 people, including 23 children, have been killed in nationwide protests
Turkiye detains 110 suspects in operation targeting Daesh after deadly clash
- In Tuesday’s operation, police carried out raids on 114 addresses in Istanbul and two other provinces, arresting 110 of the total 115 suspects that they sought
ISTANBUL: Turkish police detained 110 suspects in an operation against Daesh on Tuesday, a day after three police officers and six militants were killed in a gunfight in northwest Turkiye, the Istanbul chief prosecutor’s office said.
Police conducted an eight-hour siege at a house in the town of Yalova, on the Sea of Marmara coast south of Istanbul, a week after more than 100 suspected Daesh members were detained in connection with alleged plans to carry out Christmas and New Year attacks. Eight police officers and another security force member were wounded in the raid on the property, which was one of more than 100 addresses targeted by authorities on Monday.
In Tuesday’s operation, police carried out raids on 114 addresses in Istanbul and two other provinces, arresting 110 of the total 115 suspects that they sought, the prosecutor’s statement said. It said various digital materials and documents were seized.
Turkiye has stepped up operations against suspected Daesh militants this year, as the group returns to prominence globally. The US carried out a strike against the militants in northwest Nigeria last week, while two gunmen who attacked a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach this month appeared to be inspired by Daesh, Australian police have said. On December 19, the US military launched strikes against dozens of Daesh targets in Syria in retaliation for an attack on American personnel.
Almost a decade ago, the jihadist group was blamed for a series of attacks on civilian targets in Turkiye, including gun attacks on an Istanbul nightclub and the city’s main airport, killing dozens of people. Turkiye was a key transit point for foreign fighters, including those of Daesh, entering and leaving Syria during the war there.
Police have carried out regular operations against the group in subsequent years and there have been few attacks since the wave of violence between 2015-2017.
