{"id":121949,"date":"2026-03-05T21:40:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=121949"},"modified":"2026-03-05T21:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:40:41","slug":"four-medics-killed-in-iran-ambulances-damaged-who-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/121949\/","title":{"rendered":"Four medics killed in Iran, ambulances damaged, WHO says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>GENEVA(National Times)- The World Health Organization chief said on Thursday that it has verified 13 attacks on health infrastructure in Iran amid a US-Israeli campaign, killing four health care workers and injuring 25 others. &#8220;WHO has verified 13 attacks on health care in Iran and one \u2060in Lebanon,&#8221; World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference, without attributing blame. 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. \u2060 One of these hospitals in the capital Tehran was evacuated as a result, the UN health agency previously said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dunyanews.tv\/en\/World\/938912-middle-east-war-spirals-as-iran-hits-kurds-in-iraq\">Middle East war spirals as Iran hits Kurds in Iraq<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran&#8217;s ambassador to the UN in Geneva has \u2060alleged that 10 facilities have been hit by military strikes in a letter to Tedros earlier this \u2060week. Balkhy says that the WHO logistics hub in Dubai which provides health supplies \u2060to dozens of countries is temporarily out of service because of transport restrictions in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GENEVA(National Times)- The World Health Organization chief said on Thursday that it has verified 13 attacks on health infrastructure in Iran amid a US-Israeli campaign, killing four health care workers and injuring 25 others. &#8220;WHO has verified 13 attacks on health care in Iran and one \u2060in Lebanon,&#8221; World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Four medics killed in Iran, ambulances damaged, WHO says - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/121949\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Four medics killed in Iran, ambulances damaged, WHO says - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GENEVA(National Times)- The World Health Organization chief said on Thursday that it has verified 13 attacks on health infrastructure in Iran amid a US-Israeli campaign, killing four health care workers and injuring 25 others. &#8220;WHO has verified 13 attacks on health care in Iran and one \u2060in Lebanon,&#8221; 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