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Health and Hygiene

Covid-19 Hospitalizations at Record High in Tehran Province

Iranwire - The number of people hospitalized with severe Covid-19 in Tehran has hit a record high as Iran grapples…

Iran Reimposes COVID Restrictions As Delta Variant Spreads

RFL/RE - Iran has announced it is reimposing coronavirus restrictions on major cities, as the spread of the highly contagious…

Iran’s Rouhani fears COVID-19 Delta variant may cause fifth wave

Al-Arabia - President Hassan Rouhani expressed fears on Saturday that Iran will be hit by a fifth wave of the…

Iranian Health Officials Slam “Jerks” for Criticizing CovIran-Barekat Vaccine

Iranwire - Following an outpouring of criticism in Iran of an emergency permit being issued for the country’s first domestic…

Virus outpaces Iran’s sluggish vaccination effort

Al-Monitor - Iran's health officials said multiple variants of the COVID-19 virus are raging across four southern provinces up to 50% faster…

Ill-treated prisoner of conscience Hossein Sepanta denied medical care

Iran-HRM - Ill-treated prisoner of conscience Hossein Sepanta denied medical care Hossein Sepanta a critically ill prisoner of conscience in Adelabad…

Iran Approves Emergency Use Of Domestic COVID Vaccine

RFL/RE - Iranian authorities say they have given emergency approval for a domestically developed vaccine against COVID-19 as the country battles the…

Panic in Iran as Health Officials Advise Mixing and Matching Vaccines

Iranwire - “Until further notice, we have no coronavirus vaccines”. This notice pinned to doors has greeted visitors to many…

Prisoner Azad Saeedi Denied Medical Care Amidst Hunger Strike

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Azad Saeedi, a prisoner on hunger strike in Ward 2 of Bukan Prison is in…

Iran’s Former Queen Asks WHO to Help Iran with US-Donated Vaccines

Iranwire - The wife of the former Shah of Iran, Farah Pahlavi, has penned an open letter to the head…