Iranian authorities have been targeting young protesters, many of whom have been shot in the head, a US-based doctor who compiles witness accounts from Iran's two largest cities has said.
Dr Kayvan Mirhadi, an Iranian-American physician working in New York state, said the latest death toll from the protests that have gripped Iran for weeks is a significant undercount and the full extent of the violence is unknown given the internet shutdown.
Many injuries initially appeared to have come from pellet guns and anti-riot weapons, but more and more victims of live fire are now being brought to hospital, he said.
A doctor in Mashhad, north-east Iran, told him about 20 people were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds to the head.
“There's an X-ray of an individual with the bullet inside their head that [my contact] sent me, but they said many of the bullets had already gone through the body
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