Tehran, YJC. The Minister of Health has said that there is no difference between doctors and judges and they must also be authorized to carry self-defense equipment.
Mohammadhassan
Tariqat Monfared said in an interview with ISNA "There is no difference between
judges, doctors, and other people in society. If the security system decides
extraordinarily that doctors must carry self-defense tools it will surely
pursue the issue itself.”
In 2010
an agreement was made between the Police and the Medical System Organization
where all members of the organization could be able to carry self-defense
equipment after qualified by the police. But the issue has raised some criticism
by medical ethics experts and even doctors who believe it to shatter the wall
of trust between the doctor and the patient.