TEHRAN(Basirat): Iran’s Judiciary Chief Hojatoleslam Ebrahim Raeisi said around 70,000 prisoners across the country have been granted leave in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

TEHRAN(Basirat): World Health Organization representative Richard Brennan acknowledged Iran’s serious efforts to contain the novel coronavirus epidemic.

TEHRAN(Basirat): Iranian security forces managed to dismantle a terrorist cell in Zahedan, the provincial capital city of the Southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, where they intended to plant a bomb at a police station.

TEHRAN(Basirat): Ten individuals charged with hoarding health supplies and disrupting Iran’s economy stand trial on Saturday as these products are scarce in the country due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus, known as COVID-19.