I trust the Chinese stats to some extent, but Iran are clearly hiding the true extent. Just look at the COVID-19 deaths they have admitted to (the BBC reckons it is 4 times as many in any case), but there are clearly thousands infected in Iran and it should be taken into account in the figures, instead of the published figure.
P.S. just read the following:
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran, believes she has contracted the new coronavirus
Iran official death toll reached 43 as the country prepares to test 'tens of thousands'
Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum