Health and Hygiene

Iran-HRM – 30,000 die every year due to air pollution, and 16,000 in road accidents. This was admitted by the head of the Environmental Protection Organization. Esa Kalantari, presidential deputy and head of the Environmental Protection Organization said while around 16,000 get killed in road accidents, 30,000 die every year due to air pollution which is twice as much as …

Iran-HRM – There are a large number of wounded prisoners among the young people arrested during Iran protests in November 2019, who are being denied medical care and lingering in dire physical conditions, reports from the Greater Tehran Penitentiary (a.k.a. Fashafuyeh) indicate. Siamak Paymardi is one of the young people who got wounded and subsequently arrested during the protests in November …

Amnesty – On 24 December 2019, Iranian officials subjected human rights defender Narges Mohammadi to ill-treatment during her transfer to Zanjan prison, according to a letter she has written. The transfer was seemingly in reprisal for her activism inside prison in support of families of people killed during protests in November 2019. She is a prisoner of conscience who must …

RFL/RE – A woman has died in Tehran of a suspected coronavirus infection, an Iranian state newspaper reports.Without citing any sources, the daily IRAN newspaper said on February 12 that the 63-year-old Iranian woman died in hospital three days earlier.An investigation has been ordered into the cause of her death, according to the report.Kianush Jahanpour, a spokesman for Iran’s Health Ministry, denied …

payvand – The first person suspected of having the coronavirus in Iran was identified and hospitalized in the city of Isfahan, IRIB reported. Arash Najimi, a spokesman with Isfahan University of Medical Science, said that a 29-year-old person with symptoms of coronavirus, including fever, cough, and shortness of breath, is now hospitalized and is under intensive care. “This person works …

voanews – Iran’s Mahan Air airliner has completed what it says are among its last flights from China, three days after Iranian officials banned such flights to prevent the spread of China’s coronavirus outbreak.   The website of Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport showed the arrivals of flights W586, W578 and W576 from Shenzhen, Beijing and Shanghai respectively in quick …

radiofarda – Iran’s Health Minister on Friday said Iran is imposing a ban on all arrivals from China. Authorities say the six people suspected of coronavirus infection have all been cleared. In a tweet on Friday Dr. Saeed Namaki said he has asked First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri to officially communicate a ban on all air, land and sea arrivals from …

Iran-HRM – Wounded Iranian protesters have lost their lives due to infection of their wounds in the absence of medical treatment at hospitals. At least two protesters wounded in the November 2019 uprising in Iran, have been announced dead. Amir Ojani, father of four, had been wounded by security forces during Iran protests in November 2019. He lost his life …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Akbar Bagheri passed out on Sunday Jan 19th due to increased pain and anemia. He was transferred to the prison medic by other prisoners. Even though the doctors’ analysis was that the blood was not reaching the heart due to increased anemia, they only gave him a serum and sent him back to the cells. The …

radiofarda – An Iranian lawmaker on Saturday warned the Health Ministry to prevent a deadly Coronavirus outbreak in Iran by taking preventative measures or even canceling the programs of a two-week winter festival in Hamadan which Chinese tourists are expected to attend. In his tweet Amir Khojasteh, the representative of Hamadan in the Iranian Parliament, has called on the authorities …