AL-Arabia – Iran’s coronavirus outbreak is at a critical point and the government should respond by implementing a lockdown and banning all flights, according to Yale University epidemiologist Dr. Kaveh Khoshnood. Iran’s coronavirus death toll reached 724 on Sunday, according to an Iranian health ministry official, with over 13,938 cases in the country. However, the number of infected is likely much higher, …

Iran-HRM – Death row political prisoner, Amir Hossein Moradi, was transferred from the Greater Tehran Penitentiary to Tehran’s Razi Hospital on Saturday morning, March 14, due to deterioration of his health conditions but was returned to prison without receiving any treatment. Mr. Moradi had nervous attacks due to his illness. After several hours of being neglected by prison authorities, he …

Iran-HRM – Despite official cover-ups on the death toll of the Coronavirus outbreak, the state-run ILNA news agency reported on March 12, 2020 that on the orders of the governor of Khaf, in Razavi Khorassan Province, a large number of graves have been dug on the foothills of Khajeyar Mountains to bury the victims of Coronavirus. Preparing numerous graves in different …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – While Iranian people are suffering from a nation-wide Coronavirus outbreak, the authorities are busy with executing prisoners.  According to Iran Human Rights (IHR) sources, two prisoners were hanged on Thursday, March 12, at the central prison of Urmia, West Azerbaijan province.  They have been identified as Hossein Kachnanlou (60) and Abdollah Mohammadzadeh (70), both were …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Ministry of Intelligence and Security have taken charge of dealing with the coronavirus by cracking down on any individual or institution that attempts to reveal accurate information about the origins of the virus or how Iran has become an epicenter of the virus which spreads to other nations. Massoud Pezeshkian, an Iranian …

PayvandNews – For many Iranians, the new year’s eve conjures up memories of holidays and traveling along dreamy beaches, silky warm seas, lush sceneries, and endless sunshine. Unlike any previous year, this year its travel market, both domestic and inbound, is taking a big hit over the peak season as coronavirus fears prompt people to stay home. “Iran tourism on the …

PayvandNews – President Hassan Rouhani has dismissed rumors that Iran is planning to put Tehran and other cities under quarantine amid the coronavirus outbreak. Rouhani also said after a meeting with members of the government economic bureau as well as representatives of the private sector that talks were underway with neighboring countries to facilitate cross-border trade. President Rohani chairing the coronavirus response center in …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 724, with 113 new deaths in the past 24 hours, an Iranian health official tweeted on Sunday, adding that some 13,938 people have been infected across the country.“In the past 24 hours, 1,209 new cases have been confirmed…with 113 deaths in the past 24 hours, the death toll has …

Al-Arabia – The tomb of Imam Reza in Iran’s holy Shia city of Mashhad has been closed to pilgrims until further notice in line with measures to stop the new coronavirus, a spokesman said Sunday. “Currently, the porches of the mausoleum and generally all the covered spaces of the holy shrine are closed,” the spokesman for the shrine told AFP.Last …

Radiofarda – The deadly novel coronavirus outbreak in Iran has exposed a long-suspected attribute of an outspoken Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) General and former mayor of Tehran, who has is set to preside over the newly elected parliament on May 28. Former mayor of Tehran Qalibaf and his religious sidekick Gholam Reza Qassemian. FILE PHOTO Circulating a commercial video …