Spokesman Kianush Jahanpour said that they died due to their "old age and deficient immune systems" while being treated in hospital in Qom.
The Iranian city of Qom is shutting down schools and universities following the deaths of two people from the coronavirus.
The Health Care Ministry of Iran had confirmed two coronavirus cases in Iran. Government spokesman Ali Rabiei confirmed the information shortly after reports that preliminary tests on the two had come back positive.
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