Health and Hygiene

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, …

RFL/RE- Iran’s Health Ministry has reported 49 new coronavirus fatalities in the last 24 hours, bringing the total deaths from the illness in the country to 194.Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on March 8 that there are over 6,500 confirmed coronavirus infections in Iran.About 1,800 infections have been confirmed in the capital, Tehran, while cases have been confirmed in …

Radiofarda – Despite repeated warnings over the spread of novel coronavirus, roads leading to resorts in Iran’s northern province of Mazandaran were reopened March 7 by government decision. Mazandaran, by the Caspian Sea, is one of the favorite destinations for domestic tourism. Earlier on Thursday, the Governor of Mazandaran had declared that, as a precaution all roads leading to the …

Iran-HRM – Shocking evidence contradicts regime’s downplay of Iran’s COVID-19 crisis. Iran’s Ministry of Health said Saturday afternoon Mach 7 that coronavirus has claimed 145 lives from among 5823 Iranians who have been infected by the COVID-19 virus. Gorgan, N #Iran – Sayad Hospital Video shows the hallway of Sayad Hospital filled with beds with #COVID19 patients. Other hospitals in …

Iran-HRM -While numerous reports and videos from Iran indicate severe shortage of medical supplies, the Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is stockpiling masks and disinfectants and is selling them at 20 times their price to the public. On March 2, the Iranian regime’s Health Minister Saeed Namaki said in a letter to the Minister of Industry, “The problem of health masks is …

Radiofarda – Radio Farda has learned from a source very closely involved with Iran’s Coronavirus Combat Taskforce that the official death toll only covers deaths that have been confirmed by coroners, not the tally reported by hospitals across the country. The death toll is much higher, “at least twice as high, maybe even more” according to the source. “The discrepancy …

Radiofarda – The deputy commander of the Iranian army’s ground force says the army has set up a makeshift hospital in Qom and has been helping with disinfection efforts in the city as the situation of coronavirus outbreak worsened in Qom, a critical point of the outbreak in Iran. Arman newspaper in Tehran quoted Brigadier General Ali Jahanshahi on Thursday …

VOA – Iranian authorities warned Friday they may use “force” to limit travel between cities and announced the new coronavirus has killed 124 people amid 4,747 confirmed cases in the Islamic Republic. Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour offered the figures at a televised news conference. He did not elaborate on the threat to use force, though he acknowledged the virus …

HRW – Iran is currently battling one of the fastest growing outbreaks of the coronavirus outside China – 4,747 confirmed cases and 124 deaths to date. Despite the high toll, many Iranians remain skeptical their government is being fully transparent about the scale of crisis.  Over the past three months, authorities have severely damaged public trust by brutally repressing widespread protesters …

CHRI – Iranian authorities have excluded peaceful political prisoners from the mass prisoner release that was announced by Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi in late February 2020 to control the growing COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in the country, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. Political prisoners have been forced to remain in the country’s overcrowded jails even as inmates around them have been transferred out due …