Iran Ministry of Health Denies Claims of Iodine Tablet Distribution Amid Nuclear Attack Risk

The British newspaper The Times claimed that Iran had begun distributing iodine tablets to residents living around Kazma Mountain (Kazma Dağı) against a possible US nuclear attack, and that this distribution covered a 2-3 kilometer radius. The report alleged that Iranian Ministry of Health officials had confirmed the distribution and included speculation that Trump could order an attack.

Iran Ministry of Health Spokesperson Hossein Kirmanpur denied The Times report in a statement on the X platform. Kirmanpur stated that no one from the Ministry had made a statement to The Times and that the attributed words did not reflect the truth. However, he did not give a clear yes or no answer regarding whether iodine tablets were being distributed.

Kirmanpur emphasized that the health system was prepared for various threat scenarios, that declaring a state of war was outside the Ministry's authority, and that spreading unverified news was irresponsible. Analysts close to the Revolutionary Guards had argued that the probability of a nuclear attack on Kazma Mountain was very high.