As wounded anti-government protesters poured into an Iranian hospital during last month's crackdown, a young doctor hurried to the emergency room to help treat a man in his 40s who had been shot in the head at close range.

As wounded anti-government protesters poured into an Iranian hospital during last month's crackdown, a young doctor hurried to the emergency room to help treat a man in his 40s who had been shot in the head at close range.