Iran Health Minister asks research teams for help in coronavirus fight
Tasnim – Iran’s Minister of Health Saeed Namaki called on medical research and technology teams in his ministry to undertake research into…
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Iran to use phone checks for coronavirus, school closure extended
Reuters – Iran will keep schools and universities closed for another two weeks and check up on people in the worst affected…
Number of recoveries from COVID-19 in Iran far more than infections: Health Minister
Tasnim – Iran’s Minister of Health Saeed Namaki said the number of patients recovering from the novel coronavirus in the country is…
Coronavirus puts more pressure on Iran’s already strained economy
Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: The current crisis surrounding the spread of coronavirus in Iran is a complex and multilayered issue with political,…
Health Min. reassures: Iran to beat COVID-19
FNA – Iran’s Health Minister Saeed Namaki underlined that his country will assuredly defeat the outbreak of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), adding that…
Health min. rejects his resignation
MNA – Following a false letter circulating on social media about his resignation over the spread of the Coronavirus, Iran’s Minister of…
President Rouhani gives directives for handling coronavirus
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani on Monday gave directives for handling issues concerning coronavirus by speeding up the procedure to stem the…
IRGC ready to cooperate in fighting against Covid-19: Cmdr.
MNA – The Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that the force is ready to cooperate with the Health…
Iran says 43 infected with coronavirus, eight dead: official
Reuters – Iran has confirmed 15 new cases of the new coronavirus, taking the total to 43 with a death toll of…
Coronavirus test kits enough in Iran: health min.
MNA – Iran’s health minister Saeed Namaki assured on Saturday that there are enough number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) test kits…
No case of coronavirus reported in Iran yet: health min.
MNA – Iranian Minister of Health and Medical Education Saeed Namaki said on Wednesday that no case of the coronavirus has been…
Namaki: Iranian students coming from Wuhan not affected by Coronavirus
IRNA – Iranian Minister of Health Saeed Namaki Iranian students airlifted from Wuhan to Iran have been negative to contamination as per…
Iran health minister urges government to ban entry of travelers from China
Reuters – Iran’s health minister has urged the government to ban travelers from China from entering the country due to the coronavirus…
Health minister denies outbreak of coronavirus in Iran
Tasnim – Iran’s Minister of Health Saeed Namaki said on Tuesday there were no cases of coronavirus in the Islamic Republic, quashing…
Health Minister: No Coronavirus case observed in Iran
IRNA – Iran’s Health Minister Saeed Namaki said no case of Coronavirus has so far been observed in Iran, saying that visa…
Iran ready to contribute to relief efforts in quake-hit Turkey
Tasnim – Following a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey late on Friday that left at least 20 people dead, Iran’s emergency medical…
Health minister complains to WHO over US restrictions on Iran’s access to medicine, medical equipment
FNA – Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki in a letter to Secretary General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom blasted…
Health minister: Iran holds reserve of strategic medicines
Tasnim – Iran’s Health Minister said the country has amassed a reserve of strategic medicines enough to meet domestic demand for seven…
Iran’s health minister: Pill-in-pastry issue is of security nature, plot to disturb public
Press TV – Iran’s Health Minister Saeed Namaki says a recent case in which certain drugs were put into some Iranian confectionery…
No major shortage of medicine in Iran: Minister
Tasnim – There is no serious shortage of pharmaceuticals in Iran, Minister of Health Saeed Namaki said. Speaking to reporters on Monday,…
Effects of US sanctions on Iranian citizens’ health security
Tehran Times | Hamed Khani: 1. Problem statement Sanctions are one of the punitive measures in international relations that have a lot…
Iran reports new high in adding hospital beds with 8,100 in one year
Press TV – Iranian authorities say for a first time in four decades the country is adding 8,100 hospital beds to further…
World bodies must break silence on US economic sanctions: Iran’s health minister
Press TV – International organizations should not remain silent about Washington’s cruel economic sanctions that also target Iran’s food and medicine, an Iranian…
Oman welcomes transfer of Iran’s pharmaceutical technology: Minister
MNA – Oman’s Minister of Health, Ahmed bin Mohamed bin Obaid Al Saidi said that his country welcomes transfer of Iran’s advanced…
Pakistan says to expand pharmaceutical coop. with Iran
MNA – Pakistani Health Minister Zafar Mirza expressed hope that Iran and Pakistan would expand cooperation in the pharmaceutical industry. He made…
Iran health min., WHO chief meet in Tehran
MNA – Iranian Health Minister Said Namaki met and held talks with visiting Director-General of World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in…
Iran exporting medicine to Europe, Africa, Asia: Minister
Tasnim – Iran is exporting pharmaceuticals to countries in Europe, Africa and Central Asia, the country’s health minister said. In an interview…
Iran Pharma 2019 underway in Tehran
MNA – The 5th International Exhibition on Pharmaceuticals and Related Industries (IRAN Pharma 2019) is underway at Tehran’s Mosalla. IRAN Pharma 2019…
Health minister: Iran producing 97% of needed medicine, 67% of raw materials
FNA – Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki announced that the country is now manufacturing nearly all its needs to medicine, noting that…
Iran mulling Chinese finance in hospital construction in Mashhad
MNA – Iran is in talks with China for financing the construction of a hospital in the suburb of northeastern Iranian city…
Iran’s e-health program coming on stream soon
Financial Tribune – Iran’s push to establish a smart electronic healthcare system is on the cusp of bearing fruit, the health minister…
Iranian health minister calls on intl. bodies to break silence on US sanctions
MNA – In a letter to the Secretary General of the World Health Organization(WHO), Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki has called for…
Iran, Lebanon to prepare five-year plan for health cooperation
Tehran Times – Iran and Lebanon have agreed to form a joint committee to prepare a five-year plan for cooperation in the…
Iran’s health minister calls US sanctions crime against humanity
Tehran Times – Iran’s Health Minister Saeed Namaki said on Monday that the U.S. sanctions are “crime against humanity”. “The U.S. administration’s…
Iran ready to boost ties in health sector with Lebanon: minister
MNA – Iranian Minister of Health and Medical Education Saeed Namaki announced on Monday that Iran is ready to expand ties with…
10 million Iranians at risk of hypertension: health minister
Tehran Times – Some 10 million Iranians have prehypertension, according to the results of a recent national campaign for controlling hypertension, said…
Photos: President Rouhani meets top health ministry officials
ISNA Shima Masjedi: Iranian President Hassan Ropuhani held a meeting with top officials working under Ministry of Health and Medical Education on…
Iran Health 2019 Exhibition kicks off in Tehran
MNA – The 22nd edition of Iran Health Exhibition kicked off in Tehran on Sunday in the presence of Iran’s Minister of…
Iran’s health min. to attend WHA72
MNA – Iran’s Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education Saeed Namaki will participate at the 72nd World Health Assembly (WHA72) in…
Shortage of essential medicines has decreased despite US sanctions
MNA – Minister of Health and Medical Education Saeed Namaki said on Sunday that shortage of essential medicines in the country has…