Health and Hygiene

wjla – A classified study of the origin of SARS-CoV-2 conducted a year ago by scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Department of Energy’s premier biodefense research institution, concluded the novel coronavirus at the heart of the current pandemic may have originated in a laboratory in China, Sinclair has learned. Researchers at Livermore’s “Z Division,” the lab’s intelligence …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) –  Chapter III of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran contains provisions related to the rights of the people. In this Chapter, Article 22 states: “The dignity, life, property, rights, domicile, and occupations of people may not be violated, unless sanctioned by law.” However, the number of crimes punishable by death in Iran is among the …

Iran-HRM – A man was arrested for publishing a videos of Wednesday protests in a village in Iran’s Lorestan province over the cutting down of local’s walnut trees by government agents, the state run IRNA news agency reported on April 30. According to the report the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Selseleh city in Lorestan province announced the arrest of …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – After spending five and a half years in prison, human rights defender Arash Sadeghi has been released from Rajai Shahr Prison following the implementation of the Sentence Reduction Directive. According to Iran Human Rights, human rights defender Arash Sadeghi has been released after spending five and half years in prison, where he suffered with sick health …

Radiozmaneh – On the occasion of International Workers’ Day, Zamaneh Media has published its annual labor report, which covers issues related to workers’ rights in Iran from May 2020 to May 2021. Over the past year, despite the coronavirus pandemic and police crackdown, workers took to the streets many times chanting slogans against exploitation, poverty, unemployment, and lack of social …

Al-Monitor – Iran is nearing completion of a domestically produced vaccine for the coronavirus, according to state-affiliated media. A nationwide vaccine campaign for the public could still be several weeks away, however, as cases continue to rise despite lockdown measures. The COVIran Barekat vaccine entered its third trial phase on April 25. The current phase consists of a human trial involving more than …

RFL/RE – Iranian health officials are warning the number of COVID-19 fatalities is expected to climb in the coming weeks as the country recorded its highest single-day death toll from the pandemic. Health Ministry data showed the death toll from the virus increased by 496 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths from the virus to …

Iranwire – Nurses, retirees and pensioners have taken part in mass rallies in several cities in Iran in protest against their low payments and salaries. Demonstrations by state pension recipients took place over the weekend in Ardabil, Arak, Tehran, Isfahan, Karaj, Qazvin, Boroujerd, Kermanshah, and Shoush. According to national organization the Retirees’ Union Group, the group’s main demand is a …

Iranwire – On Thursday, April 22, the official number of daily Covid-19 fatalities in Iran passed 450 for the first time in 2021.The jump in the number of new cases has not only coincided with a shortage of hospital beds in both common wards and ICUs, but a shortage of equipment and facilities. Tehran’s Masih Daneshvari Hospital is a well-known …

Al-Monitor – Reporters Without Borders, the Paris-based advocacy organization, joined a growing chorus of Iranians to urge the release of veteran journalist and documentary filmmaker Mohammad Nourizad. “He is ailing and deprived from the right to treatment. His life is in danger,” read a post on the organization’s official Persian Twitter account. The statement accused Iranian authorities of “arbitrarily” imprisoning the …