Iranian fans wave their country's national flags during the World Cup Qatar 2022 Group C qualification football match between Iran and Cambodia at the Azadi stadium in the capital Tehran on Oct 10, 2019. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

TEHRAN - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that stadiums will reopen in the coming days after being closed since late February due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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"Stadiums will reopen but without fans. We will continue the reopening calmly and gradually," Rouhani said at a meeting at the National Headquarters for Managing and Fighting the Coronavirus in the capital of Tehran.

As of Sunday, a total of 97,424 Iranians have been infected with the novel coronavirus, of whom 6,203 died.

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Iran announced its first cases of COVID-19 on Feb 19.