Turkey's parliament speaker on Wednesday held a phone talk with his Iranian counterpart who tested positive for coronavirus.

Axar.az reports citing Turkish media.

"I wished a speedy recovery to Mr. Ali Larijani. He told me that his health condition was good and his treatment was still ongoing," Mustafa Sentop said in a statement.

Larijani tested positive for the novel coronavirus earlier this week and is receiving treatment in quarantine.

Iran reported 121 more deaths from the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, pushing the death toll to 4,003.