Commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), Major General Hossein Salami has said that US-produced Covid-19 vaccines could not be trusted and...
22 Aug 2021
Covid in Iran
Human Rights Watch has blamed mismanagement by the Iranian government and a ban on importing Western vaccines for the acute Covid crisis currently gripping the country.
19 Aug 2021
Iranian political activists have issued a statement blaming Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, without naming him, for his "despotic" decision to ban American and British Covid-19 vaccines.
18 Aug 2021
Iran has announced that it will buy US made vaccines if they are manufactured in other countries, changing a ban the Supreme Leaser had announced in January not to buy American vaccines.
17 Aug 2021
As Iran's Covid death toll hit an all-time high on August 15, it was revealed that tons of medicinal raw materials were stockpiled at the customs office amid drug shortages.
15 Aug 2021
Iran's security forces arrested five lawyers and a civil rights activist Saturday, allegedly to prevent them from filing a lawsuit against authorities for Covid vaccine mismanagement.
15 Aug 2021
Iran’s Prince Reza Pahlavi has written to the World Health Organization (WHO) asking for an investigation of the Iran's government for deliberately mishandling the Covid-19 pandemic
14 Aug 2021
An Iranian-American advocacy group has urged President Joe Biden to unfreeze Iran's funds in the US to pay for Covid vaccines amid an alarming surge in the pandemic.
14 Aug 2021
Iranians frustrated by lack of COVID vaccine supplies in their country travel to Armenia where they can get free shots.
03 Jul 2021
As a fourth Covid pandemic surge in Iran has led to renewed accusations and debates, the country remains well behind some of its neighbors in vaccinations.
08 Apr 2021