PARIS, France — The World Health Organization warned Friday about "multiple attacks on health" in Iran following an airstrike on a facility in Tehran, and launched an urgent appeal to aid health systems affected in the wider region. 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. The Pasteur Institute of Iran, which has no formal links with the original Pasteur Institute in Paris, is one of the oldest such facilities in Iran, having been founded in 1920. Healthcare facilities are protected locations under the Geneva Conventions, agreed as the rules of war by world powers after World War II. The Iranian Red Crescent says 307 health, medical and emergency care facilities have been damaged to date in the war.

Source: Philippine Star April 04, 2026 10:27 UTC