The Wednesday report by the semi-official Fars news agency says 14 others have…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media are reporting that at least three men have died after drinking bootleg alcohol in northern Iran. This content was published on September 30, 2018 3:09 PM

DUBAI (Reuters) - At least 27 people have died and more than 300 poisoned after drinking bootleg alcohol in Iran, the state emergency services said on Sunday, in one of the worst such cases in the country where drinking is a crime. Homemade brews are available cheaply on the black market even though drinking alcohol is illegal in Iran and considered sinful and punishable by flogging and cash fines under Islamic law.
At least 42 people in Iran die after drinking tainted homemade alcohol. A further 460 are hospitalized, including 16 that had gone blind and 170 that had undergone dialysis.