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Iran Says Over 3,000 Dead From Coronavirus

Edward Yeranian

   CAIRO - Iran says its death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed
   3,000. President Hassan Rouhani is also saying that the U.S. missed the
   opportunity to improve relations with Iran by lifting economic
   sanctions.
   Workers traded insults with angry worshippers Thursday as they welded
   shut the doors of a famous Shi'ite religious shrine in the city of
   Shiraz. The Iranian government has officially closed mosques and
   religious seminaries and suspended Friday prayer services to stop the
   further spread of the coronavirus.
   Official government figures put the death toll from the virus at 3,036
   people, with nearly 50,000 people infected. Iranian opposition sources,
   however, say the death toll has topped 15,000. VOA could not
   independently confirm the numbers.

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