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2026-06-12 15:50
UNICEF provides Iran with pentavalent vaccines
TEHRAN – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME), and the MoHME designated private-sector partner, has delivered a shipment of pentavalent vaccines to ensure the continuity of routine immunization services for children across the country.
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2026-06-08 15:52
UNICEF supports project on rehabilitation of school sanitation facilities in Iran
TEHRAN - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has supported the rehabilitation of sanitation facilities in 41 schools in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi and the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
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2026-05-03 16:06
UNICEF supporting essential health services for children in Iran
TEHRAN – The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is supporting efforts to restore access to essential health services for children and families in Iran.
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2026-04-28 16:45
Iran slams UNICEF for failing to denounce US-Israeli crimes against children
TEHRAN - The Iranian High Council for Human Rights has criticized UNICEF for failing to denounce the US-Israeli crimes against Iranian children during the recent aggression.
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2026-03-26 21:10
Teachers urge UN bodies to investigate U.S.-Israeli violation of humanitarian law in Iran
TEHRAN – Associations and societies of Iranian teachers have urged the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to form fact-finding committees to investigate the widespread violations of international humanitarian law by the United States and Israel during the war against Iran.
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2026-03-24 19:50
Book City appeals to UNESCO, UNICEF for cultural preservation amidst U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran
TEHRAN – The CEO of Book City Institute has sent letters to the National Commission for UNESCO and the UNICEF Representative in Iran, presenting a report on the damages incurred by bookstores and book-related cultural spaces following the recent military attacks by the U.S. and the Zionist regime on Iran.
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2026-02-08 15:01
Welfare Organization, UNICEF discuss ways to boost ties
TEHRAN – The head of the Welfare Organization, Javad Hosseini, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ad interim Representative in Iran, Monika Oledzka Nielsen, have explored the potential to expand cooperation, particularly regarding children aged below 18.
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2026-01-07 15:36
Health ministry, UNICEF join hands to activate Child Protection Committees in hospitals
TEHRAN – To ensure that medical settings serve as a strong shield for children at risk, the United Nations Children’s Fund, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, has organized an event to strengthen integrated child protection services as the first step toward activating Child Protection Committees within hospitals.
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2025-12-23 15:42
Neonatal health workshops held in Sistan-Baluchestan province
TEHRAN – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has held two intensive neonatal health workshops in Saravan, Sistan-Baluchestan province.
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2025-12-20 15:09
S. Korea, UNICEF join hands to boost resilience in Sistan-Baluchestan province
TEHRAN – Funded by the Republic of Korea, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in cooperation with the Government of Iran, has constructed a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in Kohak, Sistan-Baluchestan province, to foster resilience in the region.
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2025-11-15 15:27
Sistan-Baluchestan hosts workshops on positive parenting skills
TEHRAN – To promote positive parenting skills, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has organized workshops targeting counselors from Primary Health Care (PHC) centres and schools across 14 cities in the southern and eight in the northern parts of Sistan-Baluchestan province.
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2025-11-11 15:28
Health officials attend workshop on warfare, health system preparedness
TEHRAN – A total of 50 health officials from across the country have participated in a five-day workshop on urban warfare and health system preparedness.
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2025-11-05 15:16
UNICEF helps strengthen Iran's emergency health response
TEHRAN – In an effort to ensure Iran’s health system is strong and ready to protect everyone, especially the most vulnerable, when a crisis strikes, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has procured portable tents and rapid-response backpacks.
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2025-11-04 16:08
DCHQ, UNICEF co-op to prevent addiction among children
TEHRAN – Brigadier General Hossein Zolfaqari, Secretary General of the Iranian Drug Control Headquarters (DCHQ), and Dorina Andreev-Jitaro, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Iran, have underscored the need for developing educational programs to prevent addiction among children and teenagers.
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2025-11-04 15:37
Iran hosts annual meeting on Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
TEHRAN –The annual meeting on the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria was held from October 29 to 31 in Sari, Mazandaran Province, both in person and online.
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2025-11-01 15:00
Iran advancing towards future with safe, resilient health facility
TEHRAN – Thanks to the Ministry of Health and Medical Education's (MoHME) leadership and support from the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the UN, Iran is advancing towards a future where every health facility is safe and resilient and no one is left behind.
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2025-10-13 15:30
UNICEF, WHO support vaccination programs in Iran
TEHRAN – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have supported the health ministry in procuring needed vaccinations and will help introduce new vaccines into the national immunization program.
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2025-10-06 15:28
UNICEF supports students with disabilities to continue education
TEHRAN –The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in cooperation with the Special Education Organization, is running a program to help children with disabilities from low-income families pay for their medical care and stay at school.
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2025-09-12 19:17
By Wesam Bahrani
“Alarming” rise in Gaza child malnutrition
TEHRAN – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported an alarmingly sharp increase in child malnutrition in Gaza, with rates reaching 13.5% last month.
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2025-09-06 15:25
UNICEF Iran releases report on humanitarian response following 12-day war
TEHRAN – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has outlined its humanitarian response plan subsequent to the 12-day Israeli war against Iran, which started on June 13, highlighting UNICEF’s strategic initiatives, including funding requirements and partnerships with national implementing partners, to provide effective assistance to children and their families in vulnerable situations.
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2025-09-02 15:36
UNICEF supplies Iran with rabies, pentavalent, and rotavirus vaccines
TEHRAN – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has procured large consignments of rabies, pentavalent, and rotavirus vaccines to immunize children against life-threatening diseases.
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2025-08-27 15:32
Malnutrition among children under five drops by 42%
TEHRAN – Thanks to the effective implementation of the national child care nutrition program, the prevalence of malnutrition among children under the age of five has decreased by 42 percent in the country, the deputy health minister, Alireza Raeisi, has said.
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2025-08-08 15:29
UNICEF provides Iran with PCV, Pentavalent vaccines for children
TEHRAN – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, has delivered two shipments of vaccines, including the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) and the Pentavalent vaccine, to immunize approximately 1.5 million children across the country against deadly diseases.
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2025-08-02 11:12
Book City hosts workshop on promoting children’s rights
TEHRAN – Book City in cooperation with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has organized a workshop, titled ‘Children’s Rights and Business’, to increase staff knowledge of child rights, focusing on role of bookstores in promoting child rights.
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2025-07-18 14:36
VP urges UNICEF to pursue violation of children’s rights in Israeli aggression
TEHRAN – Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs, Zahra Behrouz-Azar, has called on the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) office in Iran to condemn the Israeli military attacks against Iran and pursue the violation of children’s rights during the 12-day aggression.