Mohammad Mirkhani, the social and parliamentary deputy of the Iranian regime’s Medical Council Organization, confirmed on Friday, January 30, the arrest of doctors during the January 2026 protests. According to him, no reliable statistics have been obtained regarding the number of detained doctors.
Mirkhani said that during the recent protests, “regardless of knowing for what reason and how many,” some doctors were arrested.
Iranian Doctors Arrested En Masse Over Providing Medical Aid to Protesters
The social and parliamentary deputy of the Iranian regime’s Medical Council Organization further explained that most of the information obtained about the arrest of doctors has emerged through conversations with colleagues: “Official and reliable reports and statistics about doctors arrested in incidents that carry security implications are not easily obtained, and most of this information comes from discussions with other colleagues saying that a certain doctor has also been arrested, and we are obliged to verify these reports.”
Mirkhani concluded by noting that access to medical treatment is a civic right for all people and that the medical community has always carried out its duties “without a political or social approach.”
Earlier, Mohammad Reiszadeh, the head of the Iranian regime’s Medical Council Organization, said on Wednesday, January 28, that “some colleagues and members of the medical community have faced problems, including judicial issues,” but that “so far no verdict has been issued for members of the medical community.”
Following the killing of protesters on the nights of Thursday and Friday, January 8 and 9, according to reports, a group of doctors and medical staff were arrested in various cities across Iran.
The World Health Organization also reported on Friday, January 30, that at least five doctors had been arrested and 50 medical aid workers injured.
This comes as, during the protests, regime forces attacked hospital buildings. In at least two cases, Khomeini Hospital in Ilam and Sina Hospital in Tehran were attacked by regime agents. Attacks on hospitals as civilian and medical facilities can be considered “crimes against humanity” under international law.
