News - Middle East - Iran: As the number of daily coronavirus deaths in Iran goes down to zero, Iran’s health minister writes a message to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to congratulate him, the country’s health staffers, and the people on the accomplishment.

In his message, released on Friday, Bahram Eynollahi said that June 2, 2022 marked the first day in Iran since the outbreak of the deadly virus that no one died of COVID-19, after more than two years of ceaseless struggle spearheaded by Iranian health staffers.

He said the accomplishment was made possible owing to the 150 million doses of vaccine administered to the population and in spite of hurdles in the path of providing vaccines due to the “cowardly sanctions” imposed on Iran by hegemonic powers.

The achievement, made possible through God’s grace, the Leader’s support, the president, and his administration, “showed the strength of the Iranian nation, the spirit of self-sacrifice of jihadi health staffers, sincerity and initiatives of faithful [Iranian] scientists, and deep solidarity of our dear people” with the administration and relevant bodies, Eynollahi said.

The public relations and information center of the Iranian Health Ministry and Medical Education announced on Thursday that no patient had died from COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours.

It said during the timespan, 175 new patients with COVID-19 were identified in the country, and 34 of them were hospitalized, while no patient died of the highly infectious disease.