Israeli commandos dressed as doctors raid hospital, kill patients

Israel’s brutality against Palestinian people once again comes to light as the regime’s forces raid a hospital in the West Bank and kill patients there.

Tehran university to host conference on health tourism

TEHRAN – The Islamic Azad University will be holding a national conference on health tourism.

Medical tourism essential for Iran's free trade zones

TEHRAN - The Supreme Council of Free Trade-Industrial and Special Economic Zones has said the expansion of medical tourism is a top priority for Iran’s free zones.

Iran university opens office in Oman to draw medical tourists

TEHRAN – A southern Iranian university has opened an office in Oman seeking to draw more medical tourists from the Sultanate.

Iranian, Saudi tourism ministers condemn attack on hospital in Gaza

TEHRAN – Iranian tourism minister Ezzatollah Zarghami and his Saudi counterpart Ahmed Al-Khateeb on Wednesday condemned Israel’s strike on a hospital in Gaza.

Israel’s Gaza hospital crime won’t go unanswered: Iran

‘Zionist regime depicts the height of its brutality and vileness’

TEHRAN – The Iranian government has strongly condemned an airstrike by Israel against a Christian hospital in the Gaza Strip that killed more than 500 people, mostly women and children.

Kordestan starts new campaign for medical tourism

TEHRAN—Iran’s Kordestan is launching a new tourism campaign aimed at attracting international patients primarily from neighboring countries.

Mazandaran’s first medical tourism center inaugurated

TEHRAN - On Thursday, a host of local officials, healthcare professionals, and travel insiders inaugurated a center dedicated to medical tourism in Nowshahr of Mazandaran province, northern Iran.

Most advanced hospital for children inaugurated

TEHRAN – A hospital for children, which is the most advanced one of its kind in the country, was officially inaugurated by President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran on Thursday.

Iran attracts one million medical tourists in year

TEHRAN – The number of medical tourists visiting Iran is around one million people per annum, an official with Health Ministry has said.

Iran’s healthcare expertise attracts patients for transplants, infertility, and cosmetology

TEHRAN – The majority of foreign patients choose Iran for medical services in the areas of infertility, obstetrics, gynecology, ophthalmology, cosmetology, orthopedics, and transplantation, according to Deputy Health Minister Saeid Karimi.

Iran to form steering council dedicated to medical tourism

TEHRAN – The Iranian ministers of tourism, health, and foreign affairs have decided to establish a steering council tasked to buttress the medical tourism sector of the Islamic Republic.

Iran is a suitable destination for medical tourism: president

TEHRAN – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said the Islamic Republic is a suitable destination for medical tourism.

Advanced, equipped hospital inaugurated

TEHRAN – President Ebrahim Raisi on Friday officially inaugurated the country’s second most advanced and most equipped hospital in Tehran.

Iran targets six million medical tourists in year

TEHRAN – On Monday, Mahdi Safari, the deputy foreign minister for economic diplomacy, said Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to attract six million medical tourists per year, IRNA reported.

Intl. conference to highlight Jundi Shapur as Iran’s ancient university

TEHRAN ––Jundi Shapur, which is an ancient Iranian university in Dezful, will host an international conference to discuss the history of education and science in the southwestern city.

Major clinical project officially inaugurated

TEHRAN – An equipped and advanced hospital which is said to be the largest project in the country’s health sector after the Islamic revolution came on stream in Tehran on Wednesday.

Golestan still unknown destination for medical tourists, official says

TEHRAN – Having three nuclear medical centers, experienced specialists, and proper infrastructure, Golestan province is still an unknown destination for medical tourists, the provincial tourism chief has said.

220 Iranian hospitals have medical tourism licenses

TEHRAN – A total of 220 hospitals have been granted special licenses for medical tourism, Iranian Health Minister Bahram Einollahi said on Friday.

Medical tourists mostly visit Iran for cosmetic surgery

TEHRAN – Iran is primarily visited by medical tourists seeking to undergo cosmetic surgery, the director of the health tourism organization director said on Wednesday.

Iran considers tax exemption for hospitals admitting foreign travelers

TEHRAN – Iran’s deputy tourism minister on Sunday revealed a plan based on which hospitals admitting foreign travelers will be subject to a tax exemption.

39 authorized clinics in Khorasan Razavi offer services to foreign nationals

TEHRAN– A total of 39 clinics and hospitals in Khorasan Razavi have earned special certificates to provide services to international travelers visiting the northeastern Iranian province.

Ancient university restoration works begin

TEHRAN - Work to restore Jundi Shapur University, an ancient academy in the southwestern city of Dezful, has begun, ISNA reported on Wednesday.

Iran’s medical sector draws 125,000 travelers in H1

TEHRAN–Iran attracted more than 125,000 international patients who received medical services during the first quarter of the current Persian calendar year (started March 21).

Isfahan Healthcare City good model for medical tourism: minister

TEHRAN – Iranian tourism minister has said Isfahan Healthcare City is a good model for the development of medical tourism in other Iranian cities.

Intl. medical visits to Fars province hits record high

TEHRAN – The number of international travelers who received medical services in Fars province’s hospitals hits a record high during the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year, the province's deputy governor-general has said.

One million medical tourists arrive in Iran per annum

TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran hosts an average of one million medical tourists each year.