Organizations say with mass layoffs expected demand will be even higher, ask for assistance similar to that planned for small and medium businesses

Attorney general says decision to bypass Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and approve controversial phone tracking with no parliamentary oversight was made to 'save lives'

Police disperse angry crowds that push into the courtyards of Mashhad's Imam Reza and Qom's Fatima Masumeh shrines; officials start checking people trying to leave major cities

Thousands of citizens believed to be in South America, where several countries have enacted travel bans and flight suspensions

Mathematical model prepared for Health Ministry says as many as 1,440,000 Israelis could be infected without containment measures

Blue and White leaders says coronavirus outbreak should not be used by government to apply restrictions as 'a power grab and without supervision'

Police official says culprits claimed clip accidentally released online; media reports Iranian who lives in Canada but was visiting country believed to have created footage

Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee chair Gabi Ashkenazi says government approved digital monitoring tools without proper oversight

Days of denials and continued travel to and from China gave the virus time to spread; with Persian New Year later this week, authorities still not limiting movement in country

Officials considering dramatically increasing restrictions on movement for all Israelis in a bid to further slow the spread of the coronavirus