Two Iranian nurses were gang-raped and brutally tortured by regime security agents because they treated wounded protesters during anti-government demonstrations in January, a report has claimed.

Members of Iran‘s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), who have close ties to the country’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, slaughtered thousands of protesters before killing and sexually abusing medics who helped the injured at Tehran’s Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, it is reported.

One nurse, 33, was held in detention and said she had been repeatedly gang-raped by three IRGC agents at a time for three days, according to Iran International.

The sexual assaults were so severe doctors had to remove part of her intestine and her uterus may have to be taken out. She also has to live with a colostomy bag.

The woman is so traumatised she begged surgeons to let her die and she is currently tied to the hospital bed to stop her from harming herself as she remains under the supervision of IRGC security forces.

Another nurse who was arrested and gang-raped in custody has been fitted with a colostomy bag and doctors removed her uterus due to extreme bleeding.

The opposition outlet also reported the nurse was forced to sign a document saying she married one of the IRGC agents and her family had to pay him a large fee to secure her release.

She also had to sign a statement which blamed her rape and abuse on ‘rioters’, sources said.

The nurses had provided medical treatment to injured demonstrators who took part in nationwide protests against the cruel regime in January.

The hospital, based in the Vali-Asr area of the capital, received waves of injured protesters, including those shot by IRGC forces, on the evening of January 8.

IRGC agents warned hospital staff against helping the wounded. But this was ignored by 14 of 27 nurses.

Two male nurses among were arrested after expressing sympathy with the wounded.

As nurses helped the injured, IRGC forces entered the hospital and fired at patients, according to Iran International.

Two nurses who tried to treat the wounded were killed, while others were beaten and arrested.

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