Friday , 29 March 2024

Health and Hygiene

Political Prisoners Stage Protest In Tehran Jail After A COVID Outbreak

Radiofarda – Iran Prisons Atlas website says that following the coronavirus outbreak in Tehran’s central prison, Evin, several inmates in Ward 8 of the infamous jail held a sit-in protest on Monday, August 10, in the courtyard of the guardhouse. The website advocating prisoners’ rights also said that “27 political prisoners participated in the sit-in protest and demanded an immediate …

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Iran is Concealing Covid-19 Numbers: Leaked Data Reveal

Radiozamaneh – The coronavirus pandemic has created a humanitarian crisis in Iran. Zamaneh Media has obtained several documents containing data from Iranian hospitals. The leaked documents indicate that the Iranian government has been covering up the actual Covid-19 infection and mortality numbers in the country. Iranian firefighters and municipality workers disinfect a street in the capital Tehran for coronavirus COVID-19 …

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Iran shutters newspaper after expert questions virus numbers

AP – Iran shut down a newspaper on Monday after it published remarks by an expert who said the official figures on coronavirus cases and deaths in the country account for only 5% of the real toll, allegations rejected by the Health Ministry. Mohammad Reza Sadi, the editor-in-chief of Jahane Sanat, told the official IRNA news agency that authorities closed …

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Political Prisoners Among 12 Testing Positive in Ward 8 of Evin Prison

Iran-HRM – A random Corona test done in Ward 8 of Evin Prison on Sunday, August 9, revealed that 12 of the 17 inmates tested positive. The 12 inmates have been transferred the prison’s dispensary. Activist teacher Esmail Abdi, labor activist Jafar Azimzadeh, lawyer Amir Salar Davoudi, Majid Azarpay, Fereydoun Ahmadi and Saeed Sharifi are among the 12 infected inmates …

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Iran Health Official Warns About Worsening Pandemic And Religious Gatherings

Radiofarda – An Iranian health official on Sunday warned that the Health Ministry’s protocols are not likely to contain the spread of the virus during the upcoming Shiite ceremonies and warned about a third wave of the pandemic in autumn. Dr. Minoo Mohraz, the Head of the Iranian Center for HIV/AIDS and a pioneer AIDS specialist, said masks cannot prevent …

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Jailed Iranian Journalist Mohammadi Out of Danger from Coronavirus, Husband Says

VOA – Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian journalist who has been jailed in her country since 2015 for human rights advocacy and who told supporters last month she was showing coronavirus symptoms, appears to have recovered from them, according to her husband. In a written message sent to VOA Persian on Tuesday, Mohammadi’s husband, Taghi Rahmani, living in exile in Paris, …

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People Tell Radio Farda Government Hiding True COVID Numbers

Radiofarda – In exclusive video-taped interviews sent to Radio Farda by citizen-journalists from Iran, residents of Karaj — the capital city of Alborz Province — say the situation with COVID pandemic is more critical now and allege that the government is hiding the true numbers. Alborz Province is currently experiencing a second and more intense wave of the pandemic. Even according to …

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Iran reports 212 new coronavirus deaths, 2,751 infections

Al-Arabia – Iran’s coronavirus death toll rose by 212 in the past 24 hours to 17,617, a health ministry official said on Tuesday. With 2,751 new infections, the total number of infections in Iran reached 314,786, health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said. Authorities in Iran have divided the country into white, yellow, and red zones, depending on the severity …

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Iran registers ‘alarming’ rise in infections as people ‘trivialize’ rules

Al- monitor – Iran is seeing an “alarming” surge in cases, the country’s Health Ministry said Sunday, as it reported its highest one-day tally in more than three weeks.  After registering 2,685 new cases in 24 hours on Sunday — Iran’s worst infection count since July 8 — health officials reported a slightly lower number on Monday. Health Ministry spokesperson Sima Sadat …

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To Weep Or Not To Weep: Iran Debates Holding Muharram During Pandemic

RFL/RE – Despite an upsurge in coronavirus infections in Iran and a ban on weddings and large funerals, the country’s famed gatherings of mourners during the Shi’ite month of Muharram will be held. The controversial decision was announced earlier this week by Iranian President Hassan Rohani amid speculation he would bend under pressure from hard-liners who oppose any limits on …

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