BREAKING: Iran confirms MP Mahmoud Sadeghi has been infected with the coronavirus (via
This is interesting. 3 days ago a poster on Twitter said this was rampant in the higher echelons of Iran’s government.
Wonder how the clergy are doing...
Iran - video at link, he looked pretty ill at the press conference
Coronavirus: Iran’s deputy health minister tests positive as outbreak worsens
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Iran’s deputy health minister and an MP have both tested positive for the new coronavirus disease, as it struggles to contain an outbreak that has killed 15.
The senior health official, Iraj Harirchi, said in a video that he was self-isolating and starting medication.
He was seen mopping his brow repeatedly at a news conference on Monday, when he denied the authorities were lying about the scale of the Covid-19 outbreak.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51628484