The official representative of the Iranian government, Ali Rabiya, wrote about this on his Twitter page.

# رشتو
همانگونه که پیش از این گفته شد تصمیم بر آن است که حتی اگر یک مورد ابتلا به کرونا شناسایی شد ، بدون معطلی
دقایقی پیش وزیر بهداشت برپایه گزارش کارشناسان آن وزارتخانه از تشخیص مثبت برای دو مورد مشکوک ابتلا به ویررسخ

- Alirabiei (@Alirabiei_ir) February 19, 2020

“A few minutes earlier, the Minister of Health, referring to the report of the department’s specialists, announced a positive diagnosis in two cases of suspected coronavirus in Qom,” he said.

Earlier, Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani called the new type of coronavirus an uninvited guest.

On January 31, it became known that Iran was suspending flights with Beijing due to infection.

It was reported that in the country all those arriving from China would be quarantined.