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Health and Hygiene

Iran Rejects Offer Of Help By Doctors Without Borders To Fight Coronavirus

Radiofarda - Under apparent pressure from the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and ultraconservative allies of the country's Supreme Leader,…

Iranians’ demands for quarantine fall on deaf ears

Al-Monitor - As Iranians were preparing to put behind them a bitter year full of sorrowful events, the coronavirus appeared as…

Iran Official Says So Far 52,000 Infected With Coronavirus, Far Beyond Official Number

Radiofarda - In a surprising admission, Iran’s deputy health minister said Sunday that 26,000 people infected with the coronavirus are…

Ortagus Strongly Refutes Khamenei’s ‘Conspiracy Theories’ About ‘Wuhan Virus’

Radiofarda - The Spokeswoman of the U.S. Department of State Morgan Ortagus has strongly refuted Khamenei's repetition of allegations that…

Former Iran Health Minister Says He Warned Officials Last Year On Coronavirus Threat

Radiofarda - Iran's former health minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi says he warned top officials about the dangers of novel coronavirus…

Why some Iranians are opposed to closing religious shrines to fight coronavirus

Al-Monitor - Religious sites in Iran have never before been closed — even during the war with Iraq — yet with…

Radiofarda: More Than 47,000 Coronavirus Patients In Iran Hospitals, 2,216 Dead

Radiofarda - Data gathered by Radio Farda from various national and local media in Iran quoting local authorities and Health…

Prisoners at risk of Coronavirus rebel in two prisons in Lorestan

Iran-HRM - Prisoners at risk of Coronavirus infection rebelled in two western Iranian prisons, some managing to escape. Friday night,…

70 political prisoners in Tehran and Karaj protest spread of Coronavirus

Iran-HRM - Forty political prisoners in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary have started a hunger strike since Monday, March 16, 2020 to protest…

Iran Leader Refuses US Help, Citing Virus Conspiracy Theory

VOA - Iran's supreme leader refused U.S. assistance Sunday to fight the new coronavirus, citing an unfounded conspiracy theory that…