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 by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) March 13, 2020
Iranian forces will clear the streets nationwide within 24 hours and all citizens will be checked for the new coronavirus in a bid to halt its spread, the military said Friday. A newly formed commission has been charged with overseeing the "emptying of shops, streets and roads" within that timeframe, armed forces chief of staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri said. "During the next 10 days, the entire Iranian nation will be monitored once through cyberspace, by phone and, if necessary, in person, and those suspected of being ill will be fully identified." The measures were brought into force after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the armed forces to lead the battle against the new coronavirus. They are the most stringent to be imposed in Iran to combat what is the one of the world's deadliest outbreaks of COVID-19 outside China. The Islamic republic on Friday reported that the novel coronavirus claimed another 85 lives, its highest single-day toll since the first deaths were announced on February 19. In all, the health ministry says 514 people have been killed by the illness out of 11,364 confirmed cases of infection. Several politicians and officials in the nation of 80 million people have been infected, with some dying from the illness. The latest suspected case of infection was Ali Akbar Velayati, who advises Iran's supreme leader on foreign policy. Velayati fell ill with "mild symptoms" on Wednesday and has been placed in quarantine, according to Tasnim news agency.
Iran warns nuclear watchdog to be wary of 'empty claims' Tehran (AFP) March 11, 2020 Iran warned the UN atomic watchdog on Wednesday to be wary of "empty claims" passed on to it, after the agency raised questions about the Islamic republic's nuclear programme. The International Atomic Energy Agency last week accused Iran of denying its inspectors access in January to two sites. The IAEA "should maintain its credibility and not follow up on any empty claims made by someone or some regime," foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said. "Questions must be based on a legal and ... read more
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