Iran reports 10 fatalities from contaminated alcohol at gathering.

Ten people died and over 140 were sickened after drinking home-made liquor made with methanol at a party in Alborz province, Iran. Since the country banned the production and consumption of alcoholic beverages in 1979, methanol is often added to home-made brews as a cheaper alternative to ethanol. Drinking alcohol is punishable by a cash fine and lashes. Methanol poisoning sickened 768 people in Iran between September and October 2018 alone, killing 76.