More than 20 attacks on Iranian healthcare facilities since March 1: WHO

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says ‘multiple attacks’ on Iranian healthcare facilities have been reported.The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against US-Israeli attacks on Iranian health facilities amid the ongoing war, following attacks on one of the oldest research and health facilities in Tehran, the Pasteur Institute.In a post on X, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “multiple attacks” on Iran’s health facilities had been reported in Tehran, with the Pasteur Institute having “sustained significant damage and was rendered unable to continue delivering health services.”Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israel threatens to destroy more Lebanon bridges as crisis mountslist 2 of 3Trump says with more time, US can ‘take the oil’ in Iranlist 3 of 3Iranian forces launch search for crew of downed US fighter jetend of listIranian Ministry of Health spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour posted pictures on X on Thursday showing a heavily damaged building, with parts of the facility reduced to rubble.Iran’s ISNA news agency reported that the “services of the Pasteur Institute of Iran have not been interrupted by these attacks”, adding that vaccine and serum production would continue.“Fortunately, none of the employees of the Pasteur Institute in Iran were harmed in the recent attacks by the United States and the Zionist regime,” it wrote on the Telegram app.Tedros said the Institute “plays an important role in protecting and promoting population health, including in emergencies”.In recent days, US-Israeli strikes have targeted Iranian health, education and transport infrastructure, in what appears to be a widening of their targets beyond military, security and political sites that were struck in the early weeks of the war.The WHO chief said that the Delaram Sina Psychiatric Hospital and the Tofigh Daru pharmaceutical facility were damaged due to attacks, but no casualties were reported.