11:38 am: Iranian MP, recently elected, died of coronavirus on Saturday, said semi-official agency Irna
She had previously reported the deaths of seven other politicians or senior leaders since the start of the epidemic in Iran. Fatemeh Rahbar, 55, was among the conservative candidates elected in Tehran in February during the legislative elections marked by the strongest abstention in the history of the Islamic Republic.
The health ministry announced on Friday the death of 17 more people infected with the virus, bringing the official toll of the epidemic to 124 dead in the country, of which all 31 provinces are now affected. The number of infections in Iran rose to 4,747 after “1,234 new cases of infected people have been confirmed, which is a record for the past few days,” said Health Ministry spokesman Kianouche Jahanpour. , at a televised press conference.
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