Rights activist Arsham Rezaei goes on hunger strike over lack of medical care
Iran-HRM - Imprisoned Iranian rights activist Arsham Rezaei, has been on a hunger strike and refused to take medication since…
Health and Hygiene
Confusion Over Omicron as Iranian Airlines Ignore Health Directive
Iranwire - The Omicron outbreak is still ongoing in Iran. Health officials now say that for the time being, any…
Top Health Ministry Clinician: Omicron Cases in Iran Four Times Our Official Figure
Iranwire - The number of new daily coronavirus infections in Iran is likely to pass 100,000 again in the next…
Covid-19 Cases on the Rise as Omicron Sweeps Through Iran
Iranwire - The number of Iranians testing positive for coronavirus has risen sharply to almost 22,000 in the past 24…
Iranian Parliament Hit By Omicron Outbreak
RFL/RE - Thirty members of Iran's parliament are in quarantine after testing positive for the omicron variant of the coronavirus.…
‘Back to Square One’: Health Ministry Comfirms Sixth Wave of Coronavirus in Iran
Iranwire -- The Ministry of Health and Medical Education has formally announced a “sixth wave” of coronavirus infections is under…
Iran denying medical care to political prisoner with COVID-19 symptoms
Iran-HRM - Political prisoner Payam Shakiba has been denied access to proper medical treatment despite contracting Covid-19 at Tehran’s notorious…
Iran’s ‘Smart’ Covid Pass System Blighted by Low Resourcing
It’s now been around six weeks since Iran’s “Smart Covid Management” project first got under way. The basic premise was to use…
Iranian political prisoner’s plea to human rights organizations: the full letter
Iran-HRM - In a letter from Kamyaran Prison, political prisoner Salar Sediq Hamedani referred to the torture he and his…
Cellmate: Baktash Abtin’s Death was ‘Murder’, Prisoners on Hunger Strike Beaten and Split Up
Iranwire - A political prisoner who joined the seven-strong hunger strike protesting against the death of Baktash Abtin has sent IranWire an…