Iran bans Persian New Year fire festival celebrations amid coronavirus scare

Iran has reportedly banned tritional Persian New Year fire festival to curb spre of coronavirus and has prohibited  public garing. Chaharshanbe Soori is a festival that is celebrated on March 20 during spring holiday of wrouz in Iran which is marked by fireworks. 

Tehran's police chief General, Hossein Rahimi reportedly said, that any garing on occasion of Chaharshanbe Soori was strictly prohibited due to ongoing coronavirus crisis. police will forcefully confront those who do t comply with orders, he ded. Keyvan Zahiri, ar police officer, was also quoted saying that people must stay indoor during festival and cooperate with containment measures of government. As assembly of large groups of people has been prohibited to curb transmission of disease, people run a risk of contracting strain of virus if y assemble outside, he furr ded. 

As per state media ncy reports, people living in Isfahan, Golestan and Khuzestan province were cautioned against observing festival and were asked to remain indoor. Islamic Republic also took drastic measures of suspending mass assembly during  Friday prayers and closed key Shiite pilgrim sites. 

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Most Gulf countries' cases linked to Iran

On March 3, Iran h anunced that it would release more than 54,000 prisoners in an attempt to prevent virus spre, an Iranian news ncy cited judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili. This came after he of Iran's Crisis Manment Organisation, Esmaeel Najjar, contracted vel coronavirus. reafter, several Iranian leers tested positive for  vel coronavirus, and  majority of infections across Gulf countries were linked to Iran. 

Iran’s ecomy has alrey been going through a tough phase with severe ecomic sanctions imposed by United States. Iranian Finance Minister Jav Zarif accused US President Donald Trump on Twitter of “maliciously” tightening ecomic sanctions when country’s resources were needed to contain coronavirus pandemic.

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