IRANIAN MP FATEMA RAHBAR DIES DUE TO CORONAVIRUS: REPORTS

Sat 07 March 2020:

Iranian MP Fatema Rahbar died due to coronavirus, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday.

There were mixed reports on her condition Friday. Tasnim news agency said Rahbar was “connected to an oxygen tank and doctors expressed concern about her condition.”

The semi-official ISNA news agency reported that she was in a coma.

Rahbar served as an MP from 2004 to 2016 and was recently elected again in Iran’s February 21 polls.

Iran confirmed 124 coronavirus deaths in the Islamic Republic as of Friday, and 4,747 confirmed infections.

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