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Qatar flight carrying medical aid heads for Iran

Speaking to IRNA, an informed source at Iran embassy to Qatar said the consignment will arrive in Tehran within hours.

Iran Air will also provide its third extraordinary flight to Qatar on Friday to bring home Iranian passengers stranded in Qatar due to coronavirus fears.

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Iran Air flights to Qatar were suspended.

Due to the presence of some Iranians in Qatar, Iran Air has so far provided two extraordinary flights to bring home the Iranian passengers.

Speaking to IRNA, Managing Director of Iran Air Masoumeh Asgharzadeh said permission for the third flight has been issued by Qatar Civil Aviation Authority.

The flight will head for Doha with no passenger, she added.

Qatar has not accepted Iranian flights since February 26.

Now Iran Air flights to Persian Gulf Littoral Sates are without passenger and just for returning passengers.

Head of the Public Relations and Information Center of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education Kianoush Jahanpour  said that so far 11,364 people have been infected with the deadly coronavirus in the country and 514 of them have died due to the virus while 3,529 have also recovered.

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