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President Hassan Rouhani sent a message of condolences over the passing of the Late Haj Mohammad Taghi Fahmideh, the father of great martyrs Hossein and Davoud Fahmideh and wished his family patience.

In a message of condolences to Hojatoleslam val-Moslemin Abdulhossein Moezzi, President Rouhani offered him condolences over his brother's passing.

In a message of condolences on the passing of the late Hajiah Ms Zahra Hamidi, the daughter of the great martyr Haj Abbas Hamidi, the wife of martyr Haj Mahmoud Tuyserkani and the mother of the great martyr Mohsen Tuyserkani, the President expressed condolences.

President Dr Hassan Rouhani praised the efforts of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the fight against coronavirus.

President chaired the session of National Task Force for Fighting Coronavirus on Tuesday and said, "People's cooperation and support is fundamental and if the Islamic Republic of Iran has been able to achieve good results in fighting coronavirus to date, it is because of people's support and cooperation".

President Rouhani contacted the governor generals and medical authorities of West Azerbaijan, Khuzestan, Ardabil, Zanjan provinces through videoconferencing and received reports on the latest situation of coronavirus outbreak and the treatment of patients.

President sent a message to express condolences over the passing of Ayatollah Seyyed Jafar Karimi, head of Supreme Leader's Treatise Council and Member of Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom.

After the session of the cabinet on Sunday, President contacted the governor generals of Kermanshah, Fars, Lorestan, and Bushehr through videoconference and received reports on the process of fighting coronavirus and also floods in the provinces.

President stated that the decisions at the National Task Force for Fighting Coronavirus are made after discussions at specialised committees, adding, "To date, we have not made any decision without it being discussed at specialised committees".

President had a meeting with the highest experts in the fields of infectious, viral and respiratory diseases, emergency medicine, immunology, virology and epidemiology on Saturday evening through videoconferencing, and appreciated the hard work and devotion of all doctors, nurses and medical staff throughout the country.

President described the implementation of the social distancing plan essential for overcoming the coronavirus quicker, saying, "We must appreciate this people for staying home and not travelling because of respecting each other's rights".

President had separate phone conversations with the ministers of 'Health and Medical Education', 'Petroleum' and 'Interior' and stressed precise implementation of Social Distancing plan, issuing the necessary instructions for each ministry.

President talked with governor generals and health officials of Qazvin, East Azerbaijan, Alborz and Yazd provinces through videoconferencing and received reports on the measures taken to fight the outbreak of coronavirus.

Speaking on Thursday at the session of the Government's Economic Board for looking into the impacts of the outbreak of coronavirus, President said that the government has considered low-interest loans for those businesses that have been hit by the outbreak of the virus.

President sent a message to Secretary-General of Hezbollah Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah to offer him condolences over the passing of his mother-in-law Hajiah Raoufah Noorodin.