<span style="color: #222222;">Iraq said, a 70-year-old Muslim cleric died today from the novel coronavirus, the first death from the outbreak in a country where 31 people have been infected.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Iraqi preacher had been quarantined in the northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah before his death, a spokesman for the Kurdish autonomous region's health authority said.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to local sources, he had recently met with Iraqis returning from neighbouring Iran, which has recorded the third deadliest outbreak outside China, the epidemic's epicentre.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Iraq is one of Iran's largest export markets and a popular destination for Iranian pilgrims visiting the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala. </span><br />''  <br />