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…
Health and Hygiene
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…
Jailed retired teacher contracts COVID-19 in Evin Prison
Iran-HRM - An Iranian retired teacher Nahid Fathalian has contracted the coronavirus at the women’s ward of the notorious Evin…
Coronavirus: Inter-City Car Travel Ban Drives Thousands of Holidaygoers to Bus Terminals
Iranwire - The National Coronavirus Taskforce has sought to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in Iran through one week of…
Coronavirus in Iran: Power Outages, Black Fungus, and Warnings of a Fifth Surge
Iranwire - The two coronavirus variants first detected in South Africa and India are still stalking southern Iranian cities. Meanwhile,…
Security Guards Break the Bones of Journalist Investigating Vaccine Rollout
Iranwire - The Tehran Journalists' Association has condemned the violent attack on a journalist in Tehran as she was reporting…