50 Iranian hospitals damaged in US-Israeli attacks: Health minister

Iran’s Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarghandi says the United States and Israel carried out nearly 240 attacks on medical facilities in the Islamic Republic during the recent war, leaving at least 50 hospitals damaged. 

“So far, about 240 attacks on health centers have been recorded,” Zafarghandi said, adding that the strikes left “50 hospitals and nearly 50 emergency centers” damaged.

He also noted that 40,000 people were treated free of charge at health facilities across the country in the recent war.

The minister also noted that some people also suffered serious mental and psychological conditions.

Zafarghandi stressed that health diplomacy is one of the main paths for maintaining the country's scientific position in the field of medicine.

"Scientific interactions, professor and student exchanges, and international cooperation are among the effective tools of health diplomacy, and in the past, they have helped launch some specialized fields in the country," he said.

The US and Israel started a fresh round of aerial aggression on Iran on February 28, some eight months after they carried out unprovoked attacks on the country.

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The attacks led to the martyrdom of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

The aggression was launched as Tehran and Washington had held three rounds of indirect negotiations in the Omani capital of Muscat and the Swiss city of Geneva and planned to open technical talks in Vienna, Austria.

Iran began to swiftly retaliate against the strikes by launching barrages of missile and drone attacks on the Israeli-occupied territories as well as on US bases and interests in regional countries.

On April 8, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire after Washington received a 10-point proposal from Tehran. US President Donald Trump unilaterally extended the ceasefire hours before it was set to expire on April 22.

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