Abbas Tabrizian  Abbas Tabrizian () is an Iranian Shia cleric and quack who rejects academic medicine. According to Al-Monitor, he is regarded as "a figure of ridicule" to most Iranians. He offers a service referred to as "Islamic Medicine", which is designated as a threat to the public health by Iran's ministry of health. Tabrizian also instructs the presumed diagnoses to his followers, including recommendations for "womb preparation" and "treatment of brain debility", alongside medications such as "nerve strengthener" and "blood detoxifier". He operates a popular online shop, selling those drugs. He maintains that Islamic narrations can help cure any disease and by adopting a "true Islamic lifestyle", people would never need medical treatment. Tabrizian describes immunisation as "promoted by the colonialist medicine". In January 2020, a video of his book burning ceremony went viral on social media, in which he set a copy of "Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine" on fire with lighter. Iranian officials and authorities of Shia seminaries condemned the act. He became a butt of jokes in Iran in March 2020, after he suggested applying violet oil to the anus as a cure for COVID-19.