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Khamenei tells Iranians to avoid gathering during Ramadan amid coronavirus outbreak

Issued on: 09/04/2020 – 13:39Modified: 09/04/2020 – 13:39

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday appealed for Iranians to pray at home during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as the country's health ministry said its coronavirus death toll had risen by 117 to 4,110.

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Iran has reported 4,110 deaths and more than 66,000 infections from the novel coronavirus, making the country's Covid-19 outbreak one of the worst in the world.

Khamenei called on Iranians to avoid mass gatherings, such as collective prayers, during Ramadan, which starts in the last week of April this year.

"In the absence of public gatherings during Ramadan, such as prayers, speeches … which we are deprived of this year, we should not neglect worship, invocation and humility in our loneliness," he said in a televised speech.>Read More – Source

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