Storage facilities in the country’s blood banks are satisfactory and meet the needs of medical centers across Iran, said Bashir Hajibeigi, spokesperson for the Iran Blood Transfusion Organization. “The blood type AB(-) is the rarest in the country, and comprises roughly 1% of the entire blood types,” he said, IRNA reported. About 90% of the entire population has blood types with positive rH, he said noting that among the negative blood types, O comprises 4%, A 3%, and B 2% of the total.
