Health minister thanks arranging hotels for corona patients

TEHRAN – Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki has expressed his gratitude to the tourism minister and colleagues for being ready to turn hotels into shelters for coronavirus patients. 

By M.A. Saki and M. Garshasbi

Leniency toward Covid-19 may prove tragic

TEHRAN - Finally, Health Minister Saeed Namaki talked frankly about the lack of enough attention and diligence to contain the rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

World medical community, by its oath, has a duty to help lift Iran’s sanctions: health minister

TEHRAN – In a letter to World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki called for a global call to remove Iran's drug and food sanctions, noting that the world medical community, by its oath, has a humanistic duty to take action in this regard.

Iran is ready to help Americans escape the helplessness of their government amid pandemic

TEHRAN – Iran is ready to help people of the United States who are entangled with the coronavirus predicament to escape the helplessness of their government, Health Minister Saeed Namaki has said.

Iran's newest decisions to contain coronavirus 

TEHRAN – Government spokesman Ali Rabiei announced on Friday that Iran will face a rising number of patients diagnosed with coronavirus in the next two weeks and urged citizens to fully observe the Health Ministry advices to contain the spread of the disease.

Some neighboring countries bury their heads in the sand

COVID-19 defeat ‘before long’, Iran health minister says

TEHRAN – Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki has said effective measures have been taken and comprehensive plans are underway to get rid of the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, in the country.

World should not remain silent on inhumane conduct of the U.S., says Iran’s health minister

TEHRAN – Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki in separate letters to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore, and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom, urged the international community to break the silence on inhumane sanctions imposed by the United States against the country.