By gathering data from dispersed official comments by provincial authorities and local news agencies Radio Farda has been able to confirm that at least 1300 have so far died of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Iraqis have to deal with coronavirus coming from Iran and contend with military tensions between the United States and Iran.
As the central government resists imposing quarantines to fight coronavirus, some provinces decide on their own to ban travelers from outside.
The former mayor of Tehran, IRGC general Mohammad Qalibaf accused of corruption is backing a shady foundation collecting money to help people amid a deadly coronavirus epidemic.
Iran’s ministry of health has announced that 12,729 people have tested positive for coronavirus as of Saturday March 14. Also, with 97 new deaths since yesterday, the epidemic's toll in Iran has reached 611.
The extent of the coronavirus epidemic in Mashhad, Iran's second largest city, has forced the clerical establishment to shut its revered shrine.
General Mohammad Baqeri, Chief of the joint staff of the Iranian armed forces says his troops are planning to make sure that the people will leave roads and supermarkets in 24 hours.
U.S. air strikes that killed several members of a pro-Iranian militia group in Iraq have heightened tensions in the region, with Baghdad denouncing the attack as an aggression against the country and Tehran warning President Donald Trump against taking "dangerous actions."
Many Iranians hold Mahan Air, believed to be under the direct control of the Revolutionary Guard and a source of funding for its activities, responsible for the coronavirus crisis in the country and enjoying support that overrules the government's decisions.
Despite the coronavirus crisis Iranian security forces and Judiciary continue the persecution of political dissidents, activists and critics and ill-treatment of prisoners with great zeal.
The spread of coronavirus in Iran is still an ascending slope and there is no sign of a decline in the number of cases or the death toll.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has included Iran among the twenty worst digital predators in 2020 in a list published to mark this year's World Day Against Cyber-Censorship.
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