Medical supply shortages loom in Iran as civilians bear the cost of ongoing conflict, UN warns


An Iranian nurse prepares medication at a hospital, amid a ceasefire between US and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 23, 2026.
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n Iranian nurse prepares medication at a hospital, amid a ceasefire between US and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 23, 2026.
(photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY) VIA REUTERS)

Iran is expected to be hit with medical supply shortages should the war continue, the UN warned on Friday, with experts adding that the impact of the conflict will potentially be felt for years.

Cristhian Cortez Cardoza, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ deputy regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, said that the “intense conflict” will continue to be felt by Iranian society “for months and years to come.”

The disrupted supply chain has also meant that the factory responsible for suppling 60% of the country’s dialysis filters only has enough raw materials to continue production for the next three months, with an unknown number of filters reportedly already destroyed in medical facilities hit by strikes.

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