The Sept. 16 death of Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was initially detained by the country’s morality police, sparked protests in Iran.
They grew up in Kermanshah, a city about 325 miles west of Tehran that now boasts a population of nearly 1 million people.And as children, they saw teens and young adults go to school, apply to universities, graduate – and they return to help their community.
During their formative years, in the 1980s, they witnessed how doctors helped people during the war between Iraq and Iran. Alcohol and drug use are illegal in Iran, as is homosexuality, and punishments are frequently severe, including long prison sentences and execution, according to the U.S. State Department.
The younger Alaei brother stayed in prison for more than two years, until December 2010 – while Arash Alaei wasn’t released until August 2011. The protesters, meanwhile, have faced a bloody response from the government. Hundreds have been killed. And others have been sentenced to long prison terms or execution in “sham trials,” the State Department said in a Wednesday, Dec. 21, press release in which the agency announced sanctions against Iran.
Iranian demonstrators are afraid to go to local hospitals and clinics when injured, added Arash Alaei, who is also the director of the Institute for International Health and Education, a global nonprofit that designs and implements international education strategies and program services. An ophthalmologist with MAHSA helped the man figure out whether he needed major surgery. But getting surgery, if necessary, wouldn’t be easy.MAHSA, in some ways, acts like a medical underground railroad, providing protesters with local hospitals and doctors that are safe for them to visit when necessary.
As such, MAHSA’s operations are also instructive. Telemedicine, after all, isn’t necessary only in the context of uprisings against oppressive regimes. But at least in the U.S., there’s no fear that the government will track down those who receive virtual medical attention.Dr. Kamiar Alaei, chair of the Health Science Department, left, and his brother, Dr. Arash Alaei, also a faculty member, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, at Cal State Long Beach. But that’s not true today.
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