Political Prisoner with COVID-19 Symptoms Denied Treatment, Transferred to Solitary Confinement
CHRI - Peaceful prisoner of conscience Mohammad Hossein Sepehri, who was imprisoned in the Iranian city of Mashhad after signing an open…
Health and Hygiene
Persian Translation: WHO Guidance on Protecting Prison Populations from COVID-19
CHRI – The Center for Human Rights in Iran today published its unofficial Persian translation of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) interim guidance on…
Spanish Prime Minister Quotes Persian Poet in Inspirational Speech to His Nation About Coronavirus
kodoom.com - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, whose own spouse is infected with coronavirus, while announcing the extension of coronavirus-related…
World Health Day: Dedicated medics on front line fighting the invisible enemy
PayvandNews - This time, medical professionals have gone far to help patients afflicted by the coronavirus, so the least we…
Iran’s Coronavirus Coverup
Radiofarda - Just how sick is Iran, really? As the coronavirus swept across the world throughout the month of March,…
Iran’s Parliament Rejects Bill To Introduce One-Month National Lockdown
Radiofarda - The Iranian parliament (Majles) rejected an emergency bill for a one-month nationwide lockdown to control the spread of…
Absent PPE, Covid-19 infection rate rising among Iranian medical staff
Iran-HRM - The number of Iranian medical staff who lost their lives to the coronavirus in under equipped hospitals across the country…
Coronavirus Task Force Member In Iran Says Up to Half A Million Infected
Radiofarda - Based on the latest estimates, about half a million people in Iran are suffering from COVED-19, a member…
Iran Parliament Warns Of Epidemic’s ‘Painful Consequences’ And Multiple Crises
Radiofarda -Iranian Parliament' Research Center has warned that the government's delay in extending financial support to low-income people hit by…
What an Iranian film about a leper colony can teach us about coronavirus
theguardian.com -In the autumn of 1962, the celebrated Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad made what would be her first and last film. Regarded…