The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, whose figures have been reliable during previous crackdowns, says it has verified more than 6,000 dead and has more than 17,000 more recorded deaths under investigation. “He was arrested in a violent manner in front of his wife and son, who is only 11. Golchini is one of at least nine doctors and healthcare volunteers arrested over the past week, say rights groups and medics. According to the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO), security forces raided makeshift medical shelters as well as the homes of doctors and volunteers who treated injured protesters. “This appears to be a deliberate revenge campaign against doctors and medical staff who refuse to abandon the wounded,” said Hossein Raeesi, an Iranian human rights lawyer living in exile.