Health and Hygiene

Itanwire – Aras is a major river that flows along the border between Iran and both Azerbaijan and Armenia. A report published on June 19 by the Tehran newspaper Payam-e Ma about the possible connection between the pollution of Aras and the increase in the rate of stomach cancer in the north-western province of Ardebil has once again brought the issue of the …

iranhr – On 26 June, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is marking World Drugs Day with the theme “People first: stop stigma and discrimination, strengthen prevention”, and launched another edition of the World Drug Report. Sadly, as has been the case over the years, UNODC has failed to raise concerns over the continued use of the death …

Iranwire – Seven people died in the northern province of Tehran after drinking bootleg alcohol, officials say, amid a recent surge in cases of fatal alcohol poisoning in the country. Omid Ahmadi, district governor of Robat Karim, said on June 25 that the consumption of “counterfeit alcohol” had sickened at least 22 individuals in Robat Karim and Parand during the …

Iranwire – On August 7, 2022, the flow of piped water from Kuhrang Spring in the mountains to Shahrekord, capital of the south-western province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, gradually stopped. The flow of water was believed to have been cut off due to the turbidity of the water following torrential rains in the region. For more than ten days the …

turkiyenewspaper – A dust storm is effective in Iran‘s Sistan-Baluchestan province. According to Iran’s official agency IRNA, Majid Mohibbi, Director General of Sistan-Baluchestan Crisis Management, made a statement on the issue. Mohibbi said 330 people have been transferred to hospitals and medical centers in the province’s Zabul, Zehek, Hamun, Hirmend and Nimruz cities in the last three days due to fine …

RFL/RE – Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, alcohol has been strictly banned in Iran, where consuming, producing, or selling alcohol is punishable by prison, floggings, and fines. Despite the official ban, Iranians still drink foreign and homemade alcoholic beverages that are sold on the black market. Over the past year, there has been a spike in the cases of …

RFL/RE – At least 14 people have died in Iran after after drinking bootleg alcohol in the northern Iranian province of Alborz. Another 120 suffering from alcohol poisoning symptoms have been referred to medical centers in the province. Authorities said the industrial alcohol had been sold by a body spray production factory in Alborz. A judiciary official in the province …

Iranwire – As IranWire has reported, hundreds of Iranians have sustained severe eye injuries after being hit by pellets, tear gas canisters, paintball bullets or other projectiles used by security forces amid a bloody crackdown on mainly peaceful demonstrations. Doctors say that, as of now, at least 580 protesters have lost one or both eyes in Tehran and in Kurdistan alone. …

Iranwire – Nahid Taghavi, a 68-year-old German-Iranian national who has been arbitrarily detained in Tehran’s Evin prison for nearly 20 months has severe medical conditions that are putting her life in danger. A fellow inmate, prominent rights activist Narges Mohammadi, on June 4 raised alarm over Taghavi’s fate, saying the prisoner of conscience suffers excruciating pain and can “barely get …

Iranwire – As IranWire has reported, hundreds of Iranians have sustained severe eye injuries after being hit by pellets, tear gas canisters, paintball bullets or other projectiles used by security forces amid a bloody crackdown on mainly peaceful demonstrations. Doctors say that, as of now, at least 580 protesters have lost one or both eyes in Tehran and in Kurdistan alone. …