Iranian lawmaker alleges govt covering up number of virus deaths

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Country's deputy health minister rejects the allegation. FMTNews Iranian Virus Coranavirus Qom

Commuters wear masks to help guard against the coronavirus on a public bus in downtown Tehran.

In the report, Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani accused Iran’s health minister of “lying” about the outbreak, which authorities say has killed 12 people in Iran. “The rest of the media have not published this figure, but we prefer not to censor what concerns the coronavirus because people’s lives are in danger,” ILNA editor Fatemeh Madiani told AFP.“I categorically deny this information,” Iraj Harirchi said in a news conference aired live on state television.

 

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