Iranian Legal Medicine Organization
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The Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (ILMO) (Persian: سازمان پزشکی قانونی) is a program under Iran's Judicial Branch.[1] It is based in Tehran.[2] In addition to publishing data about medical conditions and fatalities in the country,[3][4] and releasing reports on injuries and fatalities due to natural disasters.[5][6]
History
1922, the first Office of Legal Medicine, in the Ministry of Justice, was established. Until 1942 forensics were done in private doctors offices.
In 2022 ILMO released a statement in which they claimed that Mahsa Amini's death was due to medication she had been taking, rather than due to police violence.[7]
Publications
ILMO owns the Iranian Journal of Forensic Medicine.[8]