At least eight people have died in southern Iran after drinking toxic homemade alcohol, a medical official in Hormozgan province has said. “Eight people have died after drinking adulterated homemade alcohol in Bandar Abbas,” the provincial capital, said medical faculty spokesperson Fatemeh Norouzian. The total number of people poisoned in the city had reached 59, she said on Monday, quoted by state news agency IRNA. Drinking and selling alcohol is mostly illegal in Iran, where the media frequently reports deaths due to bootlegged liquor. In Bandar Abbas, “30 people are undergoing dialysis and …