Iranian lawmaker dies from coronavirus

ANKARA

An Iranian lawmaker has died of the novel coronavirus, local media reported on Saturday.

Fatemeh Rahbar, a member of the Islamic Coalition Party, had been in intensive care since Thursday, according to the semiofficial Tesnim Agency.

Iranian authorities have confirmed 4,747 cases across the country – including a vice president, 23 members of parliament, and the deputy health minister – and 124 people have died due to the virus.

Iranian officials are currently barred from traveling abroad, and the country’s parliament has been suspended indefinitely.

First detected in Wuhan, China last December, the virus, officially known as COVID-19, has