A member of the AIDS Committee in Iran reported a 33% increase in the number of people diagnosed with HIV in Iran.
“The rate of HIV transfer has changed and the number of women diagnosed with this in Iran has increased tenfold,” he said, it is noteworthy that not only the age of AIDS infected people has reached 16, but also in recent years the number of aids patients has been moving more towards women and young girls.
These days the number of women suffering from AIDS has increased tenfold from 3 to 30%.
(State-run Shafaqna website, Deutsche Welle – July 30, 2015)