Tag: cancer

Recent celebrity deaths highlight prevalence of cancer

  The recent passing of Iranian pop singer Morteza Pashaei and young actor, Majid Bahrami has focused attention on the growing number of deaths caused by cancer in the country. Pashaei was afflicted with stomach cancer and Bahrami had blood cancer. Half a million people in Iran suffer from cancer; 90,000 new cancer cases are […]

Former minister summoned over “unhealthy gasoline”

  Former oil minister Massoud MirKazemi has been summoned to court after a suit was filed against him for ordering the production of “unhealthy gasoline.” Peyman Hajmahmoud Attar told ILNA that he and two of his colleagues filed a suit last June in connection with “the production of unhealthy gasoline.” Massoud MirKazemi, who was oil […]

Statistics show Iran’s cancer rate rising fast

  The chairman of the Cancer Research Center of Iran, Mohammad Esmail Akbari, says 41,000 Iranians die of cancer each year and Iran’s cancer rate is among the world’s fastest rising. ISNA reports that Akbari spoke on Wednesday January 20 at a meeting marking Cancer Prevention Week, saying that 85,000 new cancer cases are reported […]

Zanjan protesters link cancers to factory emissions

  Zanjan citizens staged a widespread protest on Sunday in front of the governor’s office and the office of the Friday Imam, denouncing the pollution spewed by lead and zinc factories near the city. The Mehr News Agency reports that protesters challenged the procedures used by the lead and zinc factories located 15 kilometres outside […]

MPs warn of cancer “wave” from air pollution

  The head of the Environmental Affairs Committee of Iranian Parliament has warned about a new wave of cancer caused by air pollution particles. The Mehr News Agency reports that committee officials have raised alarms about the effects of these air particles on the health of the public, adding that the Environment Organization needs to […]

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