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Iran Supreme Leader Urges Support for Battle Against Virus as Death Toll
Rises

RFE/RL's Radio Farda

   Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has urged Iranians to support the
   government in its battle against an outbreak of the coronavirus as the
   death toll rose to 77, the highest outside of China.

   "Don't violate the recommendations and instructions of the responsible
   authorities in terms of prevention, in terms of keeping hands, face,
   and living environment clean and not infecting these and preventing the
   infection of these," he said in a Tuesday broadcast on state
   television.

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