A lawmaker who represents the people of Rasht in northern Iran in the parliament says the real COVID-19 death toll in Iran is far higher than official figures.
Iran health officials on Friday warned about a spike in the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the coming days as the official death toll rose to 34 with 388 confirmed cases.
The Islamic Republic's approach to preventing the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran is a religious-security approach rather than a scientific-functional one.
Authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran have suspended all sports events except football and futsal (soccer) matches in the next ten days due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Iran announced more COVID-19 coronavirus deaths for a second time on Thursday, pushing the total to 26 which is still disproportionate to the total number of infections of 245 in comparison with China and other countries.
Iranian clerics’ answer to the outbreak of the new Coronavirus COVID-19 has been a deadly blend of superstition, secrecy and denial amid serious concerns among the people.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called upon the United Nations to take "urgent action" to address the "brutal crackdown" on the people during the uprising.
Iranian officials, including President Rouhani allege that the coronavirus outbreak has become a propaganda tool in the hands of the United States to bring the Iranian economy to a standstill.
As the Iranian government first denied the presence of coronavirus in the country and kept downplaying it, now politicians are infected by the virus.
Like many other Iranians Reza is critical of the government for not been honest about the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) and thinks the authorities hid the outbreak because of the parliamentary elections on February 21.
Fears of a coronavirus pandemic, or global outbreak, are growing as countries including Iran, Italy, and South Korea are battling to contain the spread of the disease that has already killed more than 2,600 people in China.
The coronavirus outbreak in Iran is bound to further cripple its economy, which was already in deep crisis due to U.S. sanctions.
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