Iran reopened for business despite its persistent coronavirus outbreak as there was no end in sight to the crisis, its president said Wednesday, as 80 new deaths were announced.
"We have to follow all the medical instructions, but work and production are as essential as these precautions," he told a televised cabinet meeting. Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said another 1,073 people tested positive for the virus in the past 24 hours.
There is no way Iran’s numbers stack up. They are as untrustworthy as China.