People, Positions and Obituaries · 13 March 2026
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus condemned hospital strike in Iran.
Exam-focused facts from the 13 March 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
- He described the damage to Gandhi Hospital in Tehran as extremely worrying and stated that health facilities are protected under international humanitarian law.
- Mohammad Raeiszadeh heads Iran's Medical Council and reported that the hospital's IVF department was destroyed by the strike.
- Janina Dill, an international law expert at Oxford University, noted that the status of media outlets as military targets during conflict can be contested.
- Dr Michael Becker, assistant professor of law at Trinity College Dublin, stated that deliberate strikes on civilian sites are illegal under international law unless those sites are used for military purposes.