MSF Iran

How is MSF responding to war in the Middle East?

Mon, 11 May 2026 14:04:48 +0000

MSF teams are responding to the war in the Middle East in Lebanon and Iran, and are preparing responses in other countries.

Iran: Access to essential medical care remains fragile despite ceasefire

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:08:14 +0000

MSF teams are working in South Tehran, Mashhad, and Kerman province in Iran, responding to people's growing medical needs.

MSF adapts and scales up activities amid escalating Middle East conflict

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:44:17 +0000

Following the dramatic escalation in conflict across the Middle East region, MSF teams are adapting and/or scaling up activities in response in Lebanon and Iran.

MSF is following developments in Iran

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:08:55 +0000

MSF currently runs three projects in Iran.

MSF surprised that Iran put a stop to our COVID-19 response

Wed, 25 Mar 2020 07:36:27 +0000

In Iran, Ministry of Health officials have rescinded their approval of MSF’s COVID-19 intervention. We remain ready to help with the coronovirus response.

MSF responds to coronavirus COVID-19 in Iran

Sun, 22 Mar 2020 10:27:01 +0000

MSF has sent a 50-bed inflatable hospital and a medical team to Isfahan, in central Iran, to increase hospital capacity in treating those critically ill with coronavirus COVID-19.

A day at MSF's clinic in south Tehran, Iran

Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:05:42 +0000

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) project coordinator in south Tehran, Iran describes a day at a clinic, where most patients are homeless and take drugs.

Iran | Providing health care to vulnerable people in Lorestan after floods

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 07:13:05 +0000

Two months since violent flash floods stormed areas along the Kashkan River, in Lorestan province, west Iran, life is starting to return to normal. In Pol-e Dokhtar town, most of the sludge and rubble have been cleaned out while reconstruction of a few houses and shops are beginning in this devastated area.

Flash floods in Iran wash away homes and livelihoods | Natural disasters

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 16:28:44 +0000

Flash flooding across Iran has washed away homes, roads and bridges, and the harvest, resulting in difficult access to many towns and leaving thousands of people homeless and displaced, and struggling with finding the basics to survive.

Video: Refugees in Kos stuck in appalling conditions

Wed, 26 Aug 2015 09:27:43 +0000

Between January and July this year, 18,600 refugees arrived on the Greek island Kos by boat from Turkey. The majority are fleeing war and violence in Syria, but many also come from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan.