Iran's health ministry denies Times report on iodine distribution near nuclear sites
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The Times reported Friday, citing an unnamed Health Ministry official, that Iran was distributing iodine tablets to communities near nuclear facilities amid fears of renewed US…
Iran's Health Ministry denied Friday that any of its officials had spoken to The Times, rejecting a quotation attributed to the ministry in a report about iodine distribution near nuclear facilities.
“No Health Ministry official has been interviewed by The Times, and the quotation attributed to the ministry is false,” Hossein Kermanpour, head of the ministry's Public Relations and Information Center, wrote in a post on X.
The Times reported Friday, citing an unnamed Health Ministry official, that Iran was distributing iodine tablets to communities near nuclear facilities amid fears of renewed US attacks.
The official said Iran had sought to distribute tablets within two to three kilometers of nuclear facilities during each war. The newspaper also cited an Iranian political journalist who said reporters had been told at a recent briefing that officials were seriously considering the…
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