Mohammad Sharifi Moghaddam, secretary-general of the Iranian regime’s House of Nurses, said that a number of nurses were arrested during the January protests, but there is no precise figure available. He stressed that those who should act in support of the detained nurses have stepped aside and that no specific follow-up has been carried out in this regard.
Sharifi Moghaddam said on Tuesday, February 10: “Nurses have been arrested in Isfahan, Tehran, and some other cities.”
According to him, in addition to the arrests on January 8 and January 9, nurses were also detained in the following days: “For example, last week a nurse working at a home nursing care center was arrested.”
Sharifi Moghaddam emphasized: “Those who should take action in support of these individuals have stepped aside, and no specific follow-up regarding the situation of the detained nurses has taken place.”
Previously, following the publication of contradictory figures regarding the arrest of healthcare workers during protests in Iran, the head of the country’s Medical Council Organization confirmed the arrest of more than 50 individuals, including doctors, nurses, and other healthcare staff.
Mohammad Rezaizadeh, on Saturday, February 7, in an interview with the state-run newspaper Etemad, said that since some of these 50 individuals are not physicians and belong to other segments of the medical and paramedical community, such as nursing, the Medical Council bears no responsibility toward them.
He added: “The number of individuals we initially identified was 33, about whom information had been released; individuals who may have been detained for one hour. After reviews, the number of those who were detained reached at least 23, and considering the releases in recent days, this figure has decreased to fewer than 17.”
These regime figures were announced under conditions in which information published on social media indicates that at least 30 members of the medical staff are in detention, including Ali Fakher and Saber Dehghan, two physicians who were arrested in recent days by Iranian security agents.
According to received information, Nastran, the wife of Ali Fakher, and their daughter have also been arrested.
