Iran should assume worst-case scenario of coronavirus lasting till March 2021- Rouhani

President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday Iran should draw up its economic plans based on a worst-case scenario that disruptions arising from the coronavirus crisis could last till next March.

"We should plan production based on a pessimistic view that we might face this virus till the end of the (Iranian) year (in March," Rouhani said in a meeting with heads of Iranian private companies carried live on state TV.