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Iran's president rejects criticism of coronavirus response

by Associated Press
| March 18, 2020 3:27 AM

TEHRAN (AP) — Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday defended his government's response to the coronavirus outbreak in the face of of widespread criticism that officials acted too slowly and may have even covered up initial cases before infections rapidly spread across the country.

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