⁍ Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Saturday for strict punishments for violators of COVID-19 restrictions.

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⁍ Latest figures showed the coronavirus had killed 32,320 Iranians and infected 562,705, with 5,814 new cases and 335 fatalities in the previous 24 hours.

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– Iran’s supreme leader has some choice words for the US over its handling of the H1N1 virus: “Some countries, such as the United States, have the worst kind of management,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, according to Reuters. “Such behaviors and insults are the way of Americans who embarrass themselves in debates and press briefings in front of the world. But we must try to do our best because it has to do with people’s lives and health, their safety and economy.” Khamenei also called for “severe punishments” for violators of new restrictions on travel introduced in the wake of the outbreak.