WHO says six hospitals evacuated in Iran, system holding up

A World Health Organization official said on Monday that the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran had led to the evacuation of six hospitals but that so far the system

appeared to be holding up and authorities had not sought emergency relief from the WHO.



"The primary healthcare and the health infrastructure of Iran is quite good and robust, and they're able to accommodate the casualties as of now," WHO regional director Hanan Balkhy told Reuters.



Iran's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, said on Monday that more than 1,300 people had been killed in Iran since the conflict began on February 28, and more than 7,000 had been injured.



The WHO, which has an office in Tehran and regularly helps Iranian authorities with disease management, has verified 18 attacks on healthcare facilities and the killing of eight medics.