National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser has written a letter to Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani, who was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus last week.

Qaiser inquired after Larijani's health and said that it was important that the world stands together to face the health challenge, which "poses a threat to the well-being of the entire humanity". The NA speaker said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had called for the lifting of sanctions from Iran so that the country can access resources to fight the disease.