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Iran's leaders take upbeat tone even as virus deaths climb

by Associated Press
| March 20, 2020 8:04 AM

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's leaders vowed to overcome the coronavirus outbreak in upbeat messages marking the Persian New Year on Friday, even as the Health Ministry announced 149 more fatalities, bringing the country's death toll to 1,433.

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