Deputy health minister suggests someone seeking to shut down female education responsible for contaminating water, causing respiratory illness

Though many support theocratic regime, mandatory hijab, some residents say anti-government protesters treated too harshly, women who flout dress code should be warned, not arrested

Report claims video footage of the woman who broke the dress code 'elicited a lot of reaction on social media'

Amid ridicule and calls for lighter punishment, judiciary says it will form a special commission in Qom province to study the issue of the 'proportionality of the offense'

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's remains will be taken to 2 more holy sites ahead of Monday funeral; parliament in Tehran holds closed session to 'investigate the assassination'

Data seen by BBC shows actual number is nearly triple the reported tally; 52 people died in month before Islamic Republic admitted to outbreak

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

Lawmaker from province of Qom had said 50 people died; conflicting reports raise questions about Iranian government's transparency on scale of outbreak

Spokesman says there are now 43 confirmed cases of the illness in the country

All schools and universities, including religious Shiite seminaries, reportedly shut down in the holy city of Qom where infected people detected