President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States on Wednesday of trying to spread “fear” in Iran over a deadly outbreak of the novel
“We shouldn’t let America mount a new virus on top of that is called… extreme fear,” Rouhani told a weekly cabinet meeting, a day after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Iran of suppressing information about the outbreak.
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Iran has been scrambling to contain COVID-19 since Wednesday last week when it announced the first two deaths in Qom, a for Islamic studies and pilgrims that attracts scholars from abroad.
Its authorities have closed schools, universities, cultural
On Tuesday, Pompeo accused the Islamic of concealing the true extent of the outbreak.
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“The United States is deeply concerned by information indicating the Iranian regime may have suppressed vital details about the outbreak,” he told reporters in Washington.
“If 100 people were in the early days, seven to eight could have died, but this number has dropped very much today,” he said.
The Iranian president also vowed to be transparent about the numbers of deaths and infections caused by the virus.
Iran has reported at least one death from and two cases every day since February 19.
(AFP)
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