A high point during the fasting month of Ramadan, authorities urge safety protocols during worship as Covid-19 figures continue to rise
Iranians, wearing masks without observing social-distancing, queue outside a money exchange office in Tehran on May 9 2020, during the coronavirus. Picture: AFP/ATTA KENAREirus-hit Iran will reopen its mosques for three nights over the next week so that worshippers can pray during one of the holiest times of year, a minister said on Tuesday.
“The biggest strategic mistake is to think that the coronavirus is finished,” he said in remarks broadcast on state television. He said the move came in response to “concern” expressed by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but stressed the supreme leader “always supports all measures” to contain the virus.All gatherings would need to respect “sanitary protocols to the maximum”, he said, but warned: “They shouldn’t blame the health ministry and say they wanted to open mosques but didn’t care about people’s health.”
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