A government official tells IranWire that by the end of Friday, March 6, in Tehran alone 260 people had died from the coronavirus infection.  See “If We Don’t Move Quickly Up to 700,000 Iranians will Contract Coronavirus,” IranWire, March 7, 2020.

“Who Was The Man Who Took US Hostages, Established Hezbollah And Died Of Coronavirus,” Morad Vaisibiame, Radio Farda, March 7, 2020.

“Iran suspends officials’ oversea trips due to coronavirus outbreak,” Tehran Times, March 4, 2020.