“The World Health Organization (WHO) has verified that Iran has sustained rubella and measles elimination, an official with the health ministry has said…

The measles vaccination program in Iran started in 1984, when 34 percent of the population was vaccinated in the first year, and 90 to 95 percent of the population after 6 years. Also in 2003, 33 million people were vaccinated with a national program to eradicate measles in the country…

In April 2025, Raeisi said some 98 percent of the target population in the national program for the immunization against measles had been vaccinated.”

From Tehran Times.