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Iran - Population: 82,913,906
Lockdown & social distancing
All counter measures
Date
Measure
Detail
Source
2020-03-05 Awareness campaigns ... Iran MoFA Official Twitter
2020-02-27 Schools closure  ... Ministry of Health and Medical Education
2020-03-08 Changes in prison-related policies 54,000 prisoners temporarily released to prevent spread the virus... Presidency of Iran
2020-05-12 Closure of businesses and public services All Iran mosques set to reopen on Tuesday... President of Iran
2020-04-26 Economic measures All agencies, especially economic agencies, must plan for prosperity in business, employment and sur... President of Iran
2020-01-31 Health screenings in airports and border crossings All border control centers have been on alert. ... Iran Government Official Twitter
2020-03-05 Schools closure  All schools and univerisities ... Ministry of Education
2020-01-31 Visa restrictions Cancel passenger arrivals from China to Iran ... Iran Government Official Twitter
2020-03-17 Isolation and quarantine policies Controlling drivers temperature on selected roads... Presidency of Iran
2020-03-17 Introduction of isolation and quarantine policies Controlling drivers temperature on selected roads... Presidency of Iran
2020-04-26 Limit public gatherings Country to be divided into white, yellow, red zones based on coronavirus outbreak/ Mosques, religiou... President of Iran
2020-05-12 Limit product imports/exports Export ventilators, N95 masks and test kits... President of Iran
2020-05-07 Surveillance and monitoring Implementation of health ministry’s screening programme should continue/ Special attention must be... President of Iran
2020-05-04 Economic measures Implementing the policy of encouraging exports and returning foreign currency to the country's econo... President of IRan
2020-03-16 International flights suspension Iran, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan... Ministry of Foreign Affairs - France
2020-03-02 Other public health measures enforced Iran deployed drones to disinfect streets and mobilized tens of thousands of teams to conduct door-t... The Wall Street Journal
2020-03-03 Strengthening the public health system Iran has received medical supplies from the UNICEF, China, Turkey, and Austria, adding that the assi... Iran MoFA
2020-03-17 Changes in prison-related policies Iran has temporarily released around 85,000 prisoners—including some political prisoners—in a bi... Time Magazine
2020-02-29 Economic measures Iranian government denounces the US government for saying they want to help Iran in the fight agains... Iran Government
2020-02-27 Strengthening the public health system Iran to receive 20,000 covid-19 test kits + other medical supplies from Chinese government and the R... Iran MoFA
2020-03-30 Changes in prison-related policies Iran’s Judiciary extends prison leave for some 100,000 inmates as coronavirus fight continues... The Iran Project
2020-05-10 Emergency administrative structures activated or established National Task Force for Fighting Coronavirus convenes... President of Iran
2020-04-19 Limit public gatherings No congregations until mid-Ramadan ... President's Office
2020-01-31 Partial lockdown Partial shutdown of some factories, transportation industry, etc. ... Iran Government Official Twitter
2020-05-08 Strengthening the public health system President instructs developing coronavirus test kit production for supplying domestic needs. "All re... President of Iran
2020-05-15 Economic measures Regular and permanent monitoring of the market to supply people's essentials and controlling the sup... President of Iran
2020-05-11 Schools closure  Schools will reopen next week... Al Jazeera
2020-03-08 International flights suspension State's company suspends flights towards Europe ... Presidency of Iran
2020-01-28 Strengthening the public health system The Ministry of Foreign Affairs have described “precautionary measures the Foreign Ministry has ta... Iran MoFA
2020-05-16 Changes in prison-related policies The release of prisoners whose release do not pose a threat to society was also extended until June ... President of Iran
2020-05-28 Emergency administrative structures activated or established Today, the restrictions are being lifted step by step and gradually, and the principle of strict obs... President of Iran
2020-06-06 Schools closure  Universities to reopen from June 6... President of Iran
2020-03-12 Strengthening the public health system WHO EMRO statement on Iran states over 30 laboratories across the country now have the capacity and ... WHO EMRO
2020-04-26 Requirement to wear protective gear in public Wearing masks, gloves to be mandatory in metro system... President of Iran
2020-02-27 Border checks  Within major internal cities... Ministry of Health and Medical Education
2020-05-28 Economic measures a project to support digital businesses damaged by coronavirus nationwide with the aim of removing g... President of Iran
2020-03-28 Domestic travel restrictions banned inter-city travel ... Anadolu Agency
2020-05-14 Limit public gatherings expand the required exports and imports and use the resulting currency in order to meet the country'... President of Iran
2020-05-09 Economic measures facilitating affairs for those who have paid their taxes was approved... President of Iran
2020-04-11 Closure of businesses and public services low-risk economic activities will resume from April 11... Al Jazeera
2020-05-28 Awareness campaigns people will be taught how and under what conditions they can create normal living conditions and mai... President of Iran
2020-03-27 Closure of businesses and public services shopping centres and bazaars across the country to shut for the 15-day holiday. The only exceptions ... BBC
2020-03-28 Partial lockdown strict lockdown... Anadolu Agency
2020-03-30 Partial lockdown “The main parts of the government are closed today, but some parts cannot be shut down,”... Iran Government Official Twitter
2020-01-28 General recommendations “travel advisories have been also issued for the tourists and the Iranian nationals residing in Ch... Iran MoFA
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