Iran's health ministry on Thursday said 117 new deaths from the novel coronavirus took the total to 4,110 in one of the countries worst hit by the pandemic.
But ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said the latest figures showed there was a downward trend in the number of new coronavirus infections.
"Today we are clearly seeing a decline in the number of new cases," Jahanpour said in a televised news conference.
"We have identified 1,634 new cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 66,220."