# Iran's medicine crisis prices patients out of treatment

https://mins.news/en/item/30304

- DW, 2026-08-24 08:13 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/iran-s-medicine-crisis-prices-patients-out-of-treatment/a-78455430?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Soaring drug prices and persistent shortages in Iran are pushing more patients to delay or abandon care, doctors say. One chemotherapy session for a breast-cancer patient costs about 100 million tomans—roughly six times the monthly minimum wage. Insulin and cancer medicines have also become far more expensive, while unofficial imports may be improperly stored, counterfeit or expired.