Health and Hygiene

Shabtabtab – Today the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) in a letter sent to Dr Javaid Rehman, (The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran) requested his assistance in freeing all political prisoners in Iran due to the rapid spread of coronavirus within Iranian prisons. In the letter IOPHR states …

Radiofarda – Data exclusively collected by Radio Farda show that at least 927 have died of Covid-19 in thirty out of 31 provinces of Iran. The data is based on dispersed official comments made by provincial authorities, the sources affiliated with the Ministry of Health (MH) of the Islamic Republic, and local news agency reports. However, the official death toll …

Radiofarda — Spokesman of Iran’s Health Ministry on Monday said 20 people who drank alcohol tainted with methanol (wood spirit) in Khuzestan Province have died of alcohol poisoning. So far coronavirus (COVID-19) has killed 18 in the southwestern province. According to Kianoush Jahanpour drinking alcoholic drinks containing methanol has poisoned at least 331 and killed 20 in the past 24 …

Iran-HRM – Another physician died in Rasht due to Corona infection. The number of physicians and nurses who have died in Iran due to Covid-19 so far reaches 12. Saturday night, March 7, the official IRNA news agency reported the death of Mohammad Mohammadi, an experienced physician in Rasht, due to Corona infection. A general physician, Mohammad Ali Rabii, who …

RFL/RE – Iran’s health workers are on the front lines of the country’s battle with the coronavirus, which according to official figures has claimed the lives of 234 Iranians and infected more than 7,000. But many of them lack protective wear to keep them safe while treating infected patients. The situation is said to be particularly dire for health-care workers …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, recently called the coronavirus a “blessing.” The situation has become so perilous that some members of the Iranian parliament have finally come forward and criticized the theocratic establishment for failing to address the issue adequately. The Iranian leaders’ cover-up and lies are some the underlying reasons behind the spread of coronavirus to …

Al-Monitor – As the coronavirus continues to spread in Iran, some officials have called for more restrictive measures and even quarantine of highly infected areas in order to stop the spread of the virus that is overwhelming hospitals across the country. According to the spokesman of Iran’s Health Ministry, Kianoush Jahanpour, in the last 24 hours there have been 595 new cases and 43 deaths. …

Radiofarda – Enraged by the Islamic Republic’s lack of enthusiasm in containing the novel coronavirus, people of Mazandaran province, northern Iran, have threatened to step in and close the roads to a multitude of non-residents escaping from the highly contaminated regions further south. In a clip widely circulated on social media, the representative of the cities of Chaloos, Kelardasht, and …

Iran-HRM – Corona outbreak goes out of control in Iran amid regime’s cover up and mismanagement of the situation. The clerical regime has failed to take any effective measures to prevent the corona outbreak from turning into a catastrophe, while its cover up, concealment and dissemination of false and misleading information have contributed to the rapid spread of Coronavirus in Iran and …

RFL/RE – Iranian authorities have released about 70,000 prisoners because of the new coronavirus outbreak in the country, judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi said, as Iran reported 43 new deaths from the disease in the past 24 hours.“The release of the prisoners, to the point where it doesn’t create insecurity in society…will continue,” Raisi said on March 9, according to Mizan, …