Iran is the deadliest coronavirus-hit country in the world, according to anti-government activists. Claims coming out of the Middle Eastern country are that "more than 17,500 people have died'"of pandemic-causing infection – far surpassing official figures.
If true it would mean Iran is the worst-hit country in the world, surpassing the 15,362 currently cited by Italian authorities.
The killer virus is cited to have spread across 240 cities, checkered across all of Iran's 31 provinces, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran say while accusing the Iranian regime of spreading disinformation.
According to doctors in Iran, the number of viral infections is said to be peaking, while the government say the numbers are going down.