Iran mandates masks as virus cases rise

By Nasser Karami and Jon Gambrell
Updated July 6 2020 - 12:36am, first published 12:31am
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has set an example by wearing a protective face mask.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has set an example by wearing a protective face mask.

Iran has instituted mandatory mask-wearing as fears mount over newly spiking reported deaths from the coronavirus, even as its public increasingly shrugs off the danger of the COVID-19 illness.

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