Iran was to impose a nightly curfew on businesses in its capital on Tuesday, the first such restriction as the country battles a major surge in coronavirus infections.
Restaurants and nonessential businesses in Tehran were ordered to close at 6 p.M. For one month, to keep hospitals from becoming overwhelmed and to slow the worsening outbreak, which has killed more than 38,000 — the highest toll in the Middle East.
Iran has set single-day death records 10 times over the past month, a sign of how quickly the virus is spreading.