Iran regime opened fire with live ammunition on protesters, doctor says: ‘Shoot-to-kill’
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Iranian security forces escalated from pellet guns to live ammunition during protests, sharply increasing casualties, according to an anonymous doctor who treated wounded demonstrators.
Emma Bussey is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital. Before joining Fox, she worked at The Telegraph with the U.S. overnight team, across desks including foreign, politics, news, sport and culture.
"Law enforcement forces were firing pellet shotguns that scatter pellets. During those days, I received five or six calls per day about people who had been hit by two pellets in the back or pellets to the head or scalp," the doctor claimed.
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