Doctors Without Borders expressed deep surprise in a statement March 24 after Iranian Health Ministry officials put a stop to its plans to launch a 50-bed intensive care field hospital in Isfahan for COVID-19 victims.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on March 24 urged the international community to urgently re-evaluate any sanctions imposed on countries such as Iran that to prevent their healthcare systems to collapse.
A prosecutor in Iran's northern city of Anzali on March 23 said an arrest warrant has been issued for a self-confessed "Islamic doctor". The cleric put the lives of several coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) patients and the public in danger by administering to them a "miracle cure".
A street funeral procession held for a former Revolutionary Guard Commander in a township near Tehran on March 23 which brought thousands of people together despite government pleas to observe social distancing has outraged many Iranians.
The EU on Monday urged the international community to send humanitarian aid to Iran to help its coronavirus fight, arguing that such steps would not breach US sanctions.
South Korean foreign ministry announced March 22 that Seoul is exploring ways to provide humanitarian assistance to Iran to fight the coronavirus epidemic.
The U.S. Department of State has strongly refuted Khamenei's repetition of allegations that the United States created the coronavirus.
Iran's deputy health minister says from the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak 52,000 have been infected, which is more than double of official number.
Iran's former health minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi says he warned top officials about the dangers of novel coronavirus last year, but they did not heed his advice.
More than ten current and former Iranian athletes have fallen victim to novel coronavirus, according to data collected by Radio Farda.
An outspoken member of Iran’s outgoing parliament has said that the country is in “transition from an Islamic Republic to an Islamic rule”, meaning a non-parliamentary government.
The Trump administration on Sunday harshly criticized France for releasing an Iranian man wanted for prosecution by the United States in an apparent prisoner swap with Iran.
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