COVID-19 Iran

• Coronavirus: Iran begins to reopen despite COVID-19 fears

  Iran on Monday began opening intercity highways and major shopping centres to stimulate its sanctions-choked economy, gambling that it has brought under control its coronavirus outbreak.

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  Apr 20, 2020
  
• Iran allows some businesses in Tehran to reopen after coronavirus lockdown

  Iran allowed some businesses in the capital and nearby towns to re-open Saturday after weeks of lockdown aimed at containing the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East.

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  Apr 18, 2020
  
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• Iran’s economy a factor in coronavirus response, President Rouhani says

  Iran's president on Sunday lashed out at criticism of its lagging response to the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, saying the government has to weigh economic concerns as it takes measures to contain the pandemic.

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  Mar 29, 2020
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• Iran’s leader rejects coronavirus assistance from U.S., cites conspiracy theory

  Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's comments come as Iran announces the death of another 129 people, raising the death toll to 1,685 amid 21,638 cases.

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  Mar 22, 2020
• Iran sees largest jump in coronavirus fatalities as 147 more die

  Iran reported its single biggest jump in deaths from the new coronavirus on Wednesday, saying that another 147 had died in a nearly 15 per cent spike that raises the death toll to 1,135 people nationwide.

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  Mar 18, 2020
• Coronavirus: Death toll rises to 291 in Iran as officials struggle to contain virus

  Iran is the hardest-hit country in the Mideast by the new coronavirus, which sickens but largely doesn't kill those afflicted. Across the region, there are over 8,600 confirmed cases of the virus.

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  Mar 10, 2020
• Coronavirus: Death toll rises to 194 in Iran as officials urge public to stay home

  Iran has one of the highest number of deaths from the illness outside of China, where the virus originated.

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  Mar 8, 2020
• Coronavirus death toll rises to 107 in Iran as authorities limit travel

  Iran’s health minister on Thursday encouraged the public to reduce its use of paper money as it is aiding the spread of the new coronavirus, and said authorities will begin manning checkpoints to limit travel between major cities in the Islamic Republic.

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  Mar 5, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Friday prayers cancelled in Iran’s major cities due to COVID-19

  Iran earlier announced that the new coronavirus has killed 92 people amid 2,922 confirmed cases across the Islamic Republic, the highest death toll in the world outside of China.

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  Mar 4, 2020
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• With COVID-19 in Iran reaching Canada, expert warns outbreak will only escalate

  The outbreak of coronavirus cases in Iran are connected to U.S. sanctions and the regime's apparent lack of transparency and competence, an Iranian-American commentator says.

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  Mar 1, 2020