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    WHO says it has verified 13 attacks on health sites in Iran

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    (Changes headline, paragraphs ‌one and three to show that ​the WHO is referring to reports from Iranian authorities)

    GENEVA, March ⁠5 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization chief said on Thursday that it has verified 13 attacks on health ​infrastructure in Iran amid a U.S.-Israeli campaign and it ‌was checking reports that four medics were killed and 25 others injured.

    "WHO has verified 13 attacks on health ⁠care in Iran and one in Lebanon," ⁠World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference, without attributing blame or giving details. 

    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, citing Iranian authorities. One of these hospitals in the capital Tehran was evacuated as a ‌result, the U.N. health agency previously ​said. 

    Iran's ambassador to ⁠the U.N. in Geneva has alleged that ‌10 facilities have been hit ⁠by military strikes in a letter to Tedros earlier this week.

    Balkhy says that the WHO logistics hub ​in Dubai which ‌provides health supplies to dozens of countries is temporarily ⁠out of service because ​of transport restrictions in the region. 

    (Reporting by Christy ​Santhosh and Emma Farge)

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