IFP - Alcohol poisoning has taken the lives of at least 24 people and caused over 200 others to be hospitalized in three Iranian cities. Some of those going to clinics and hospitals are in critical condition. Kidney failure is the most important condition the victims are suffering from, so much so that at least 52 of those using fake liquor have ...

TEHRAN: Iran plans to open 150 alcohol treatment centers, a health ministry official said on Monday, in an acknowledgement of the scale of abuse in a country where drinking is illegal. The head of the ministry's drug abuse department, Dr Alireza Norouzi, told the ISNA news agency that the 150 day centers would provide special settings and educational ...

A late-night drunken run-in with an Iranian police officer is enough to quicken the pulse of any western passport holder Just before Tehran comes to life and as twilight dawns over the Alborz mountains, two waiting police officers signal for us to stop our car with short, sharp movements of their flashlights. With tensions high over the west's ...

Iran's Health Ministry has issued a warning about the increase of alcohol use among young people in the country, ISNA news agency reported. The director-general of the Health Ministry's Mental Health Department, Abbas Ali Nasehi, said that this year the problem of alcohol abuse would be the priority for the ministry. He noted that to battle this ...