Iran to unveil an "AIDS cure"

**Logan13** · 02-05-2007, 03:37 PM

Iran to unveil an "AIDS cure"
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...360816,00.html
02/04/07

"Giant achievements" by Iran will be unveiled by its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in the coming days, the Iranian Fars news agency reported on Saturday.

The Iranian news agency said an upcoming dramatic announcement on Iran's nuclear "rights" would be made on February 11. The report was accompanied by a series of announcements heralding alleged Iranian technological and medical breakthroughs, including an "AIDS cure."

Ahmadinejad's "administration is going to publicize the country's remarkable progresses and achievements within the coming days," the Fars news agency said.

"The Iranian president also reiterated that February 11 is the day when the Iranian nation's inalienable right to access and use nuclear technology will be established," the agency added.

"The Iranian nation will celebrate stabilization and establishment of its nuclear rights during the Ten-Day Dawn, (sic)" Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying. The "ten-day dawn" in early February marks the date of the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979.

"When a nation decides to stand on its own feet to climb up the peaks, God helps it and that nation will embrace victory," Ahmadinejad said.

The Iranian government's boasts of "great achievements" included an announcement on Saturday that Iranian scientists have "introduced an AIDS cure".

"After seven long years of arduous work, Iranian scientists here on Saturday introduced a herbal medicine which cures Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)," Fars reported.

"The drug named 'IMOD' is completely effective and safe with no proven side effects," Iran's Minister of Health Kamran Bagheri Lankarani claimed during a ceremony.

"The world should know today that the capable Iranian nation, relying on its own youths and scientists, has now conquered the peaks of knowledge and science," Ahmadinejad declared during his speech.

**J.S.N.** · 02-05-2007, 03:52 PM

wtf what a retarded piece of "journalism" from the israelis. why are they calling it a cure when the other sources are calling it a treatment, and why are they using quotation marks when talking about iran's nuclear rights?

**Logan13** · 02-05-2007, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by J.S.N.

wtf what a retarded piece of "journalism" from the israelis. why are they calling it a cure when the other sources are calling it a treatment, and why are they using quotation marks when talking about iran's nuclear rights?

Iran unveils Aids herbal remedy
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/N...063990,00.html
Report: Iran Set to Unveil Herbal AIDS Cure
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,250281,00.html
Iran's breakthrough in AIDS cure?
http://www.iranian.ws/cgi-bin/iran_n...w.cgi/16/17648
New AIDS treatment being touted by the government
http://www.rightwingnews.com/archive...2006_08_13.PHP - 164k -
Iran claims found herbal cure for AIDS;
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Ir..._for_0204.html
Iran unveils herbal remedy against AIDS
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070203...NlYwMlJVRPUCUl

**mcpeepants** · 02-05-2007, 05:30 PM

The Iran health minister never says this is a cure. Ynet and Fox news (sourcing Israeli news, probably Ynet) just make this claim up.

Iran unveils herbal remedy against AIDS

Sat Feb 3, 8:27 AM ET

TEHRAN (AFP) - Health Minister Kamran Baqeri Lankarani has announced that
Iran's scientists have produced a herbal medicine that boosts the human's body immunity system against the
HIV/
AIDS virus.
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"The herbal-based medication, called IMOD, serves to control the AIDS virus and increases the body's immunity," Baqeri Lankarani was quoted as saying by the official news agency IRNA.

"It is not a medication to kill the virus, it rather can be used besides other anti-retroviral drugs," Baqeri Lankarani said on state radio.

The drug, made after five years of research, has been tested on 200 patients, IRNA said, adding that it is considered the fifth generation of medications helping control the HIV/AIDS virus.

"This is a substance good for both AIDS patients and those who carry the virus without showing the symptoms," the director of the project, Mohammad Farhadi, told state television.

Farhadi said the medication will now be tested on some 3,000 to 5,000 Iranian patients in the next year to monitor its efficacy.

Health Minister Baqeri Lankarani said that the number of HIV/AIDS cases in Iran stands at around 14,000 while 1,700 people have died of the disease.

Last June, Iranian officials warned about the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS infections in the country due to a surge in intravenous drug usage.

"If no action is taken against the spread of this disease as quickly as possible, the number of those infected will reach 100,000 by the end of the next Iranian year (March 2008)," said Iran's deputy health minister, Moayed Alavian.

Iran is believed to have at least two million regular drug users -- and possibly as many as 3.5 million. Alavian said addiction is growing by around eight percent a year.

Intravenous drug use is believed to be the main cause of HIV/AIDS infection at 62.3 percent, followed by "unknown causes" at 27.9 percent and sexual contact at 7.4 percent.

**Kärnfysikern** · 02-06-2007, 01:39 AM

Originally Posted by mcpeepants

The Iran health minister never says this is a cure. Ynet and Fox news (sourcing Israeli news, probably Ynet) just make this claim up.

Iran unveils herbal remedy against AIDS

Sat Feb 3, 8:27 AM ET

TEHRAN (AFP) - Health Minister Kamran Baqeri Lankarani has announced that
Iran's scientists have produced a herbal medicine that boosts the human's body immunity system against the
HIV/
AIDS virus.
ADVERTISEMENT

"The herbal-based medication, called IMOD, serves to control the AIDS virus and increases the body's immunity," Baqeri Lankarani was quoted as saying by the official news agency IRNA.

"It is not a medication to kill the virus, it rather can be used besides other anti-retroviral drugs," Baqeri Lankarani said on state radio.

The drug, made after five years of research, has been tested on 200 patients, IRNA said, adding that it is considered the fifth generation of medications helping control the HIV/AIDS virus.

"This is a substance good for both AIDS patients and those who carry the virus without showing the symptoms," the director of the project, Mohammad Farhadi, told state television.

Farhadi said the medication will now be tested on some 3,000 to 5,000 Iranian patients in the next year to monitor its efficacy.

Health Minister Baqeri Lankarani said that the number of HIV/AIDS cases in Iran stands at around 14,000 while 1,700 people have died of the disease.

Last June, Iranian officials warned about the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS infections in the country due to a surge in intravenous drug usage.

"If no action is taken against the spread of this disease as quickly as possible, the number of those infected will reach 100,000 by the end of the next Iranian year (March 2008)," said Iran's deputy health minister, Moayed Alavian.
Iran is believed to have at least two million regular drug users -- and possibly as many as 3.5 million. Alavian said addiction is growing by around eight percent a year.

Intravenous drug use is believed to be the main cause of HIV/AIDS infection at 62.3 percent, followed by "unknown causes" at 27.9 percent and sexual contact at 7.4 percent.

Wtf so he expect HIV to increase by 700% in one year

**singern** · 02-06-2007, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by J.S.N.

wtf what a retarded piece of "journalism" from the israelis. why are they calling it a cure when the other sources are calling it a treatment, and why are they using quotation marks when talking about iran's nuclear rights?

What the hell does Israel have to do with this one Sparky?
Ill tell you what is retarded, but since you just made up that whole rant off the top of your head, I will leave it at that.

If there is a word of truth in the story which I tend not to take at face value.....I personally will hail the great accomplishment as the greatest medical cure since penicillin. and give respect where respect is due. As Im sure the entire world will also.
Odds are its as fake as Ahmmenajads testicles.

**mcpeepants** · 02-07-2007, 12:07 AM

Originally Posted by Kärnfysikern

Wtf so he expect HIV to increase by 700% in one year

That increase is pretty high. Maybe the minister thinks AIDS is as deadly as Ebola and as infectious as the common cold. Either way, it's good that the Iranian government is paying attention to the rise of AIDS instead of treating it as a taboo.