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Iran Raises HIV/AIDS Estimate Sharply
June 27, 2006
The Iranian authorities burned 60 tons of illicit drugs on June 26 (epa)
Iran's deputy health minister, Moayed Alavian, said today that about 40,000 of Iran's intravenous drug users are infected with HIV.
Officials have given a variety of lower estimates in the past, most recently saying that the number of HIV/AIDS cases stood at around 20,000.
(AFP)