Speaking on Sunday at the session of the National Task Force for Fighting Coronavirus, Rouhani said: “Until the time a region remains white, which is over 100 counties the names of which will be announced, new conditions will be set in them, including those that have been discussed in this session, and the religious places will be reopened and congregational prayers will be held”.

Stating that they, as Iranian government, made new decisions regarding fighting coronavirus, Rouhani said: “The new decision is that the country will be divided into different zones, not based on province, east and west, north and south, but based on the spread of coronavirus. We divide the country on the basis of white, yellow and red, and it says that some cities are white, and if the people observe the protocols, God willing, they will remain white until the end. But if this is not the case, white zones may turn yellow or even red. As long as they remain white, there will be new conditions and we discussed these new conditions in this meeting on religious places and congregational prayers. In white zones that the Ministry of Health announces, which are now 127 cities more or less; mosques and religious places can reopen and congregational prayers can be held by observing health protocols.”