Iran Press/ Iran News: Speaking on the sidelines of 'National Organ Donation Day' which was held on May 20, 2023, at Shahid Beheshti University, Amir Hessam Alirezaei emphasized: "For the first time in Iran, we managed to perform an organ transplant on a pregnant woman, fortunately without any side effects."
He said: "Teamwork is very important in Iran, and Iranians are trying to do a great job by donating organs, and I request that if the family has a brain-dead person, they can save the lives of many people by donating their organs."
In addition, Mojtaba Mokhbar Dezfuli, the head of the Transplant Organs Provision Unit, as the other keynote speaker said: "There are no restrictions on organ donation and transplantation in Iran."
He said: "Since the formation of the Transplant Organs Provision Unit, we have had 2200 cases of brain death donation, and almost all over Iran we have had 6300 transplant organs out of these 2200 cases of brain death donation."
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