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Iranian deputy health minister, lawmaker test positive for coronavirus as death toll climbs to 16
 [DAWN] Iran's Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi and a member of parliament tested positive for the coronavirus as the corpse count inside the country rose to 16 on Tuesday as Iranians worry that authorities could be underestimating the scale of outbreak.Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan,the abbreviation IRGCis a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA),the term Supreme Guideis a cognate form of either Shahor Führeror maybe both, and they hate has the highest number of coronavirus deaths outside China, where the virus emerged in December and more than 2,600 have died. "My corona test is positive [...] I don't have a lot of hope of continuing life in this world," Mahmoud Sadeghi, the parliamentarian from Tehran, wrote on Twitter. Also among the infected was the deputy health minister, who posted a video online announcing his infection which was shown on state media. "Among those who had been suspected of the virus, 35 (new cases) have been confirmed and two died of the coronavirus infection," said Health Ministry front man Kianush Jahanpur. He said 95 people had been infected across Iran. Jahanpur put the corpse count at 15, but the state news agency later said one person infected by the virus had died in the city of Saveh. Some unconfirmed reports gave a higher corpse count. Medics: #Iran will soon contain spread of #coronavirus, many patients recovering, you betcha [PUBLISH.TWITTER]
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