Hundreds of innocent Iranians inflicted with HIV due to authorities’ negligence
Hundreds of innocent Iranians inflicted with HIV due to authorities’ negligence Analysis by PMOI/MEK Iran, October 18, 2019 — The town of Lordegan in Charmahal Bakhtiari province, southern Iran, erupted in protests in early October after 300 locals became inflicted with HIV following the use of contaminated needles and the negligence of the Iranian regime’s Health Ministry officials. A crowd of residents, mostly women, held a protest gathering outside the governor’s office and the Health Ministry’s office in Lordegan. In response, senior regime officials had the audacity to even blame the residents themselves, saying an HIV crisis in this area has a long history. > “The people of Chenar Mahmoud are scared,” one villager said. “Many refrain from taking blood tests out of fear of finding out they have been infected. Every family of two or three has become inflicted with the virus. Anyone who has taken the test has turned out to be positive. And no one asks t...