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Attacks on Relief Workers Medical Personnel Healthcare Facilities and Emergency Equipment
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Attacks on Relief Workers, Medical Personnel, Healthcare Facilities, and Emergency Equipment during the Riots of December 2025/January 2026
(Dey 1404)
Following the support and incitement of riots and terrorist activities in Iran by the President and certain American and Zionist officials, and based on field observations and statements by Zionist regime officials regarding the presence of Mossad agents, trained and armed terrorists—guided by Mossad operatives—transformed peaceful protests into armed street confrontations.
In accordance with all humanitarian law protocols and human rights principles, relief workers, emergency vehicles, and medical personnel enjoy immunity in conflict zones and times of crisis. However, despite this legal immunity regarding the inviolability of personnel, facilities, and medical groups under international humanitarian law and human rights regulations, medical personnel, equipment, and centers were unfortunately subjected to attacks during these riots. Some instances are detailed below:
A) Attacks on Medical Personnel
Armed terrorists, particularly on the evening of January 8 (18th of Dey), assaulted and set fire to relief and medical staff, leading to injuries and the martyrdom of several individuals:
Ms. Marziyeh Nabavizadeh, a nurse and mother of a three-year-old child, who attained martyrdom after sustaining severe burns when terrorists set fire to the Imam Sajjad Clinic in Rasht.
In Guilan, three nurses were martyred during the riots on January 8.
Amir-Ali Latifi, a volunteer relief worker for the Red Crescent in Rasht, was martyred.
Three 115 Emergency technicians in Mashhad were assaulted and beaten by rioters.
Rioters assaulted 45 relief workers in various cities, wounding them with knives and hachetes.
B) Attacks on Medical Facilities and Ambulances
Trained rioters and terrorists deliberately and systematically attacked ambulances to obstruct relief efforts and increase human casualties. Examples include:
54 ambulances were destroyed in Tehran.
6 relief vehicles and one Red Crescent ambulance were set on fire in various cities.
In Mashhad, one emergency ambulance was 100% incinerated and removed from service; 8 other ambulances sustained 20% to 30% damage.
Attacks on emergency ambulances carrying the injured occurred in cities including Baharestan, Anbarabad, Neka, Iranshahr, Shemsh-Abad, Kashmar, Khomein, and Tehran, often resulting in injuries to medical staff.
Two ambulances were stopped on Piroozi and Shahran streets in Tehran; after forcing the patients out, rioters set the vehicles on fire.
- D) Attacks on Relief Infrastructure and Warehouses
The Red Crescent relief warehouse in Izeh, a vital northeast provincial hub and a support warehouse for Khuzestan, was set on fire and completely incinerated.
Relief bases and equipment in multiple provinces sustained serious damage to vehicles and branch office facilities.