Protesters in Lordgan are in the streets after hundreds of the town’s residents are infected with HIV due to regime corruption and negligence.
Local people says over 200residents have been infected with the #HIV but the officials denied it. people are angry White the authorities. pic.twitter.com/z6OgGhRzLJ— Masih Alinejad ?️ (@AlinejadMasih) October 5, 2019
Angry demonstrators attacked the local governor’s and health department’s offices, accusing them of complicity in the infection of more than 200 people.
Health authorities deny the claims that contaminated syringes used at a local hospital spread the infection, saying instead the increase in HIV cases was the result of unsafe practices by drug addicts and in sexual relationships.
Several people were wounded and an unspecified number of people detained as part of the protests.
People infected with HIV in a region of Iran attack government buildings (WATCH)
Iranian activists have claimed on social media that more than 200 people, including a number of children, have been contracted HIV due to the use of unsterile syringes in a local hospital.
According to US-funded site Radio Farda, residents of the nearby village of Chenar Mahmoud said they had contracted the disease after their local health organisation used infected needles to test for diabetes two months ago.
Health authorities insist an increase in HIV cases had already been reported before the diabetes testing.
