Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called for world opposition to US sanctions which he said were draining Iran's resources needed in the fight against COVID-19, a disease caused by the new coronavirus. "The world can no longer be silent as US #EconomicTerrorism is supplanted by its #MedicalTerrorism," Zarif said, without referring to any new sanctions. Trump has said he hopes the sanctions will limit Tehran’s ballistic missile programme and influence across the Middle East. On March 2, Tasnim reported the death of Mohammad Mirmohammadi. Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi and another member of parliament, Mahmoud Sadeghi, have said they have also contracted the virus.

Source: bd News24 March 07, 2020 15:22 UTC