At least 26 die from alcohol poisoning in Iran

At least 26 people died in Iran after drinking alcoholic beverages that contained toxic methanol in recent days, state media said.

At least 26 people died in Iran after drinking alcoholic beverages that contained toxic methanol in recent days, state media said.

The official IRNA news agency reported late Wednesday that toxic methanol had killed men and women in various cities and towns in the northern provinces of Mazandaran and Gilan and the western province of Hamadan.

Alcohol poisoning also led to hundreds of hospitalizations, IRNA said.

The source of the alcoholic beverages was not clear in the reports.

The consumption of alcohol has been generally prohibited in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution brought hardline Islamists to power.

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