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They could rely on endless volleys of tear gas. They could shoot rubber bullets. They could aim at the legs of the protesters, to render them immobile. But instead, the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are deliberately firing at protesters’ eyes to blind them, or at their heads to kill them. Doctors in Iran claim that the security forces are determined to cause the severest of injuries, or death.
More on the Iranian security services’ policy of inflicting the worst of all possible injuries — blindness — on protesters, or still worse, murdering them outright, is discussed here: “Tehran doctors say security forces intentionally firing at protesters’ eyes, heads,” Times of Israel, January 14, 2026:
Iranian security forces are deliberately firing at protesters’ heads to cause them debilitating injuries, local doctors have claimed, citing wounds inflicted on hundreds of patients they have treated.
Over 400 eye wounds from gunshots have been documented at a Tehran hospital by an ophthalmologist working there, according to the Guardian.
The British newspaper reported Tuesday that it received three messages from doctors about conditions in hospitals, which they say have been overwhelmed by demonstrators with gunshot wounds — most of them to the eyes and head.
Security forces have been seen using shotguns to fire metal pellets at protesters, as well as rifles with more lethal ammunition, according to the report.
“[Security forces] are deliberately shooting at the head and the eyes. They want to damage the head and the eyes so they can no longer see, the same thing they did in [2022],” one of the doctors was quoted as saying, referring to anti-government protests at the time.
According to the doctor, many of the injured had to have their eyes removed and were blinded as a result….
The Iran International news site, which is based in the UK and is critical of the Islamic Republic, has claimed at least 12,000 people have been killed in recent days — far beyond any other report. The site claimed this is the estimate used internally by Iran’s own security authorities.
The real figure, according to Iranian sources abroad with contacts across Iran, is closer to 20,000.
The regime’s enforcers are not trying just to stop the protests, which they could so easily do by using tear gas and rubber bullets, or in some cases, by shooting pellets at the legs of protesters to stop them from marching. No, they aim their guns at the eyes and the heads of the protesters, to blind them or to kill them. This will not be forgotten when the regime falls, whether that happens next month or next year. And there will be a terrible vengeance wreaked on all those who took part in this cruelest of maimings and these murders.
