Iraj Harirchi

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Iraj Harirchi

Iraj Harirchi Tabrizi ( Persian : ایرج حریرچی تبریزی; born 1966 in Tabriz ) is an Iranian politician and doctor . He is currently Deputy Minister for Health and Medical Education.

Life

Harirchi was born in Tabriz in 1966 and belongs to the Azerbaijani minority in Iran.

Harirchi began his university education in the field of medicine at the medical faculty of Tehran University in 1984 and graduated in 1993. In 1998 he received a degree in general surgery from the Medical Faculty of Tehran University. Harirchi is a faculty member and professor in the Department of Surgery in Tehran .

Now he belongs to the Rouhani II cabinet .

COVID-19 pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran , he was initially the so-called "Corona officer". On February 25, Harirchi announced that he had been diagnosed with COVID-19 and that he had placed himself in quarantine. The day before, MP Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani claimed that 50 people had died of COVID-19 in Qom, which Harirchi denied. At the press conference, Harirchi coughed and sweated. On March 12, it was found that Iraj Harirchi had fully recovered from the virus.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b زندگینامه: ایرج حریرچی (۱۳۴۵-). August 27, 2015, Retrieved April 19, 2020 (Persian).
  2. ↑ Top Iran health official gets virus as fears grow . In: BBC News . February 25, 2020 ( bbc.com [accessed April 19, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Legislator from Iran's Qom alleges coronavirus coverup. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Iran's deputy health minister tests positive for coronavirus. Retrieved April 19, 2020 (English).
  5. ^ Paul-Anton Krüger: Coronavirus in Iran: The regime is coughing . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . February 26, 2020 ( online [accessed April 20, 2020]).
  6. ↑ Iran deputy health minister recovers from coronavirus. March 12, 2020, accessed April 19, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Harirchi, Iraj
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harirchi Tabrizi, Iraj; ایرج حریرچی تبریزی (Persian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian politician and doctor
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Tabriz