FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask walks following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Ferdowsi souq in Tehran, Iran, April 30, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Ali Khara via REUTERS

TEHRAN: Iran plans to reopen mosques and schools in areas that have been consistently free of COVID-19 as President Hassan Rouhani's government starts to ease restrictions that were aimed at containing the outbreak.