He slammed 'lies and propaganda' online, denied there were 'delays' in testing or announcing infections. FMTNews Virus
President Hassan Rouhani denied there were ‘delays’ in testing or announcing infections.
Rouhani’s government says the virus has killed 1,135 people and infected 17,161 others in the month since it first emerged in the Islamic republic. However it has yet to impose any lockdowns and the outbreak has spread to all 31 of the country’s provinces.But Tehran’s mayor has said the economy may not be able to handle the cost of doing so, especially while it is under crippling US sanctions.
The United States withdrew from a landmark nuclear deal and began reimposing punishing sanctions on Iran in 2018, blocking banking transactions and oil sales, among other sectors.
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