A day after he appeared sick and coughed at a news conference, Iran's deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi admitted on February 26, 2020 that he has tested positive for the new coronavirus the causes Covid-19.  The disease has killed at least 16 people in Iran, raising the nation’s death toll to the highest outside China where the epidemic started.  The outbreak in Iran has sparked public fear and a shortage of face masks after a spike in demand. Sanctions reimposed by the US in 2018 have…