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Quds Day to be marked with motorcade in Tehran due to virus
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAt a meeting of Iran’s coronavirus task force, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani announces a timetable for further relaxations of restrictions to contain the coronavirus.
He says that in 218 low-risk counties people will be allowed to attend Friday prayers next week.
They will also be allowed to join annual Quds Day rallies against Israel.
In Tehran, which is deemed high-risk, a “symbolic ceremony” will be performed with a motorcade supervised by the Revolutionary Guards.
Quds Day, held annually on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, was started by the Islamic Republic to express support for the Palestinians and the regime’s opposition to Israel.
— with AFP
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