Iran's daily COVID-19 deaths hit record; health official says true toll worse

DUBAI - Iran's daily tally of coronavirus deaths hit a record high of 434 on Sunday, the health ministry announced, and the head of a top medical body said the actual toll was at least three times higher than the official count.

The head of Iran's Medical Council, Mohammadreza Zafarghandi, doubted the accuracy of the official toll and warned that Iran had reached a "catastrophic mortality rate", the Students News Agency ISNA reported on Sunday. The medical council is a non-governmental organisation that is responsible for licensing doctors in Iran.

A report by the Iranian parliament’s research centre in April suggested that the coronavirus toll might be almost twice as high as announced by the health ministry.

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