Our editorial policy

Our guides exist to help international patients make informed decisions about treatment abroad. Every factual or medical statement comes from a source we name on the page. When a licensed clinician reviews a medical page, the page shows their name and the review date. We don't publish rankings, invented statistics, or prices without real, dated data. This page explains how we work, how to report a mistake, and how we use AI tools.

Where our information comes from

For medical topics, we use the most authoritative source available, in this order:

1. Clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, and patient information from professional societies (for example, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons).
2. National health services and major academic medical centres (for example, the NHS).
3. Government travel-health sources (for example, the US CDC and the UK's NaTHNaC).
4. Individual peer-reviewed studies, with their limits stated.

For travel and entry rules, we use official sources: Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs e-visa portal, and governments' own published entry requirements. For facts about doctors and hospitals, we use official registries (such as the Medical Council of Iran's member search) and documents from the provider. We don't use competitor sites, clinic marketing, forums or AI tools as sources.

Every page lists its sources, with the date we last checked them.

Medical review

Some pages, such as procedure guides, recovery guides and aftercare guides, make statements about health. We write them from the cited sources listed on each page.

We have not yet appointed a medical reviewer. When a licensed clinician reviews a page, the page shows their name and the date of the review. A page that no clinician has reviewed shows no reviewer byline, and we never suggest that a review took place.

What we don't publish

• Rankings or "best" lists of doctors or hospitals. We have found no independent data that could support them.
• Invented or unsourced numbers. No made-up statistics, success rates, surgery counts or patient numbers.
• Prices without data. We publish price ranges only when they come from real, anonymized quotes, with a date, and with medical, coordination and travel costs kept separate. Until then, our cost guides explain what makes up the price instead.
• Before-and-after photos, testimonials or patient stories. We don't yet have a consent and verification process that would make them trustworthy.
• Promises about results or safety. Only your surgeon can talk about what to expect for you, and we don't give verdicts on travel safety.

Facts about providers

We publish facts about a doctor or hospital only when they come from an official registry, an official document or the provider's written confirmation, when our staff have checked them, and when the provider has agreed to a public profile. Each fact is dated and re-checked. See how we verify providers, or check a doctor yourself with our guide on verifying a doctor or hospital in Iran.

Keeping pages current

Each page shows when it was last updated. Pages on visas, entry rules and payments are checked more often, because those rules change. We update a page as soon as possible after learning that a rule it describes has changed. If a page can't be corrected quickly, we take the affected section down.

Arabic and English

We write our Arabic and English pages for their readers. Arabic is not a translation of English. Both are written from the same facts and the same sources.

How we use AI tools

We use AI tools to help research and draft pages. AI is never a source. Every claim on a published page is checked against the sources listed on it. AI never makes medical statements of its own, and it never takes part in decisions about your case.

Corrections

If you find a mistake, email us at saalehi.n69@gmail.com or call or message us on WhatsApp at +98 913 759 9659. We'll check it against the sources, correct the page if needed, and update its "last updated" date.

Who we are

Read more about Sahleva. For an example of how a medical page shows its sources, see our rhinoplasty planning guide.