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The COVID-19 pandemic in Iran has resulted in 7,627,863 [2] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 146,837 [2] deaths. On 19 February 2020, Iran reported its first confirmed cases of infections in Qom. [5] The virus may have been brought to the country by a merchant from Qom who had travelled to China. [6]
This is a list of the presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran since the establishment of that office in 1980. The president of Iran is the highest popularly elected official in the country. The current president, Masoud Pezeshkian has been in office since 28 July 2024 after winning the 2024 Iranian presidential election.
This is a list of notable people reported as having died either from coronavirus disease 2019 or post COVID-19 , as a result of infection by the virus SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic and post-COVID-19 pandemic.
Once seen as a likely successor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, President Ebrahim Raisi has died in office, leaving the Islamic Republic’s hardline establishment facing an uncertain future.
19 February – The first case of COVID-19 is confirmed in Qom, marking the beginning of the pandemic in the country. 21 February – Scheduled date for the 2020 Iranian legislative election. [9] 23 February – 2020 Khoy earthquake; 29 February – 43 people have died and 593 are infected with COVID-19. [10]
The timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic lists the articles containing the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, [1] the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 occurred in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, on or about 17 November 2019. [2]
It is no secret that Iran has been hit hard by the coronavirus. The Iranian government is currently reporting a decline in the number of COVID-19 infections and deaths, though local authorities ...
Raisi died alongside seven others including his foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in the crash in a remote mountainous area in northwestern Iran. This is a developing story. More to come.