Iran continues to increase the numbers of people diagnosed with coronavirus and the dead, but still many believe the real figures are higher.
Iran's Supreme Leader has issued a decree, circumventing parliament by allowing members of the budget committee of the Parliament to decide on Iran's budget bill for the next year.
Iran's Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raeesi says 1501 Iranians have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) and at least 66 have died until Monday morning March 2.
Iran's IRGC has come into the streets to fight coronavirus but it is partly a show and partly perhaps preventive in case of popular protests.
As the coronavirus crisis deepens in Iran, the health ministry on March 1 ordered all public hospitals to refrain from admitting any non-emergency patients and prepare to deal with COVID-19 cases.
As more members of Iran's political elite fall victim to the novel Coronavirus, the contagion appears to be closing in on the household of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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.
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.
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.
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