Iraj Harirchi
Iranian politician
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| Intro | Iranian politician | |
| Places | Iran | |
| is | Politician Physician | |
| Work field | Healthcare Politics | |
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| Religion: | Shia islam | |
| Birth | 1966, Tabriz, Iran | |
| Age | 59 years |
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Iraj Harirchi Tabrizi (Persian: ایرج حریرچی تبریزی; born 1966) is an Iranian politician and physician. He is current deputy minister of Health and Medical Education.
2020 COVID-19 outbreak
During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Iran, on 25 February, Harirchi announced that he had been diagnosed with COVID-19, and had self-quarantined. Just the day before, parliamentarian Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani's claimed that 50 people had died in Qom from COVID-19, which Harirchi denied. At the press conference, Harirchi was coughing and sweating. On 12 March, Saeed Namaki noted that Iraj Harirchi had fully recovered from the virus.