Despite prison doctors infirmary’s concerns over the deteriorating health conditions of imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish lawyer, Mostafa Daneshjou, he has been deprived of medical treatment.According to Majzooban Noor, imprisoned lawyer and Dervish rights activist Mostafa Daneshjou who is suffering from severe respiratory disease and asthma, since last night, has suffered from severe coughs and so […]
Tag: doctors
Doctors Call on Rouhani to End House Arrest of Mousavi, Karroubi, Rahnavard
In an open letter addressed to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, 193 faculty members of Iranian medical universities have demanded his serious efforts to end the house arrests of Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard, and Mehdi Karroubi. Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, two 2009 presidential candidates, and Zahra Rahnavard, Mousavi’s wife, have […]
Iranian doctors offer to treat political prisoners
The Islamic Association of Iranian Physicians has urged the head of Iran’s judiciary to allow independent doctors to examine and treat political prisoners outside the prisons.
Iranian Doctors Who Were Jailed in Iran Awarded At International AIDS Conference
Two pioneering Iranian doctors who were jailed in Iran have received the “Elizabeth Taylor” award at the opening of the world’s largest AIDS conference in Washington.
Trailblazing HIV doctors jailed in Iran
By Asieh Namdar, CNN August 8, 2011 8:27 a.m. EDT Dr. Kamiar Alaei and his brother, Dr. Arash Alaei, have been called pioneers for their community-based approach to HIV and AIDS in Iran.