Al-Monitor - Iran is closer to an effective shutdown amid a worsening coronavirus epidemic that was first reported last Wednesday in the city of Qom, the center of its powerful clergy and home to much-visited holy shrines. As of Feb. 25, the official death toll from the countrys Health Ministry stood at 15, a figure likely to jump as suspected cases ...

Tasnim The prosecutor general of Iran has been tasked with investigating the claim raised by a lawmaker that the novel coronavirus epidemic has killed at least 50 people in the city of Qom, Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said. In a post on his Twitter account on Tuesday, Shamkhani said he asked the prosecutor ...

AP A staggering 50 people have died in the Iranian city of Qom from the new coronavirus this month, a lawmaker was quoted as saying on Monday, even as the Health Ministry insisted only 12 deaths have been recorded to date in the country. The new death toll reported by the Qom representative, Ahmad Amiriabadi Farahani, is significantly higher than ...

IRNA - Pakistan Prime Ministers Advisor on Commerce, Textile, Industries and Production said on Tuesday that his country is willing to enhance trade and economic cooperation with Iran, despite sanctions. Abdul Razak Dawood was talking to a four member Iranian delegation led by head of Iran-Pakistan parliamentary friendship group in Majlis, Ahmad ...