WHO says it has verified 13 attacks on health sites in Iran

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GENEVA: The World Health ‌Organization chief said on Thursday that it has verified 13 attacks on health infrastructure in Iran amid ​a U.S.-Israeli campaign and it was checking reports ​that four medics were killed and 25 ⁠others injured.“WHO has verified 13 attacks on health ​care in Iran and one in Lebanon,” World ​Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference, without attributing blame or giving details.Dr. Hanan Balkhy added ​at the same briefing that four ambulances ​in Iran were also affected and that hospitals and other ‌health ⁠sites suffered minor damage due to strikes nearby, citing Iranian authorities. One of these hospitals in the capital Tehran was evacuated as a result, the ​U.N. health agency ​previously ⁠said.Iran’s ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva has alleged that 10 facilities ​have been hit by military strikes ​in a ⁠letter to Tedros earlier this week.Balkhy says that the WHO logistics hub in Dubai which provides ⁠health ​supplies to dozens of ​countries is temporarily out of service because of transport restrictions in ​the region.