Virus-hit Iran will reopen its mosques for three nights over the next week so that worshippers can pray during one of the holiest times of year, a minister said Tuesday. The Islamic republic shut its …
Iran holds funeral for 19 sailors killed in navy accident
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Doctors and nurses died as Iran ignored virus concerns
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Iran navy ‘friendly fire’ incident kills 19 sailors in Gulf of Oman
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All mosques in Iran to reopen on Tuesday
The decision to reopen the mosques was made in consultation with the ministry of health, IRIB quoted Mohammad Qomi, the director of the Islamic Development Organization, as saying. Tasnim news agency …