Health and Hygiene

Shabtabnews – Yesterday, there was a committee meeting in US senate chaired by  Ambassador Sam Brownback , the US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom , on human rights of religious minorities. Ambassador Sam Brownback (left) Dr Gharagozloo (Right) In this meeting which was attended by the representative fromInternational Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) ,Dr Hamid Gharagozloo , the violations of …

Al-Arabia – An outbreak of novel coronavirus has affected almost all of Iran’s provinces, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, according to the official presidency website.“This disease is a widespread disease,” he said. “It has reached almost all our provinces and in one sense it’s a global disease.” Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had said on Tuesday that the …

HRANA – On February 29, 2020, Ebrahim Raisi, the Chief Justice of Iran, issued an executive order of policies to prevent the spread of Coronavirus in prisons.  This order mandates giving 15 -30 days furlough to prisoners with sentences less than five years. Another part of this order is about reducing entries into prisons, temporary releases, and public activities in …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Amir Hossein Moradi who is one of the victims of Coronavirus has been transferred to Suite 11 of Ward 1 of the Greater Tehran Penitentiary. Amir Hossein Moradi was arrested during the protests in November 2019 and was sentenced to death. Saeed Tamjidi, Mohammad Rajabi, Milad Arsanjani, Jamil Ghahremani and 15 other protesters arrested in November 2019, have …

RFL/RE – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has urged Iranians to support the government in its battle against an outbreak of the coronavirus as the death toll rose to 77, the highest outside of China.“Don’t violate the recommendations and instructions of the responsible authorities in terms of prevention, in terms of keeping hands, face, and living environment clean and not …

Radiofarda -Iran’s Minister of Health has lambasted authorities at the Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Trade (MIMT) for “deceitful” remarks regarding promises of producing large quantities of protective masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus. In a letter to his counterpart at the MIMT, Saee Namaki has rejected the claim that Iran was capable of manufacturing millions of medical masks …

Radiofarda – A joint statement published by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Department for International Development (DID) on Monday says Britain, France and Germany are offering Iran a comprehensive package of material and financial support to combat the rapid spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). “France, Germany and the United Kingdom express their full solidarity with all impacted by …

Iran says there are 77 dead amid 2,336 cases of the new coronavirus in the Islamic Republic. That’s according to Ali Reza Raisi, a Health Ministry official, who gave a news conference Tuesday in Tehran. Iran’s supreme leader earlier on Tuesday ordered the Islamic Republic’s armed forces to assist its Health Ministry in combating the spread of the new coronavirus. The decision …

Al-Arabia – The coronavirus outbreak in Iran is “not that big of a deal,” Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday, urging citizens to pray against the virus. “This calamity is not that big of a deal, and that there have been bigger ones in the past,” Khamenei was quoted as saying by the semi-official Mehr news agency on …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raeesi says 1501 Iranians have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) and at least 66 have died until Monday morning March 2. Raeesi told reporters in Tehran that the new figure includes 523 new cases and that the death toll has risen by 12 during the past day. He also told Mehr news agency …