Nation Texas town closed due to COVID: In Iraan, nearly half its people have hit by COVID-19 August 24, 2021 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY Comments Off on Texas town closed due to COVID: In Iraan, nearly half its people have hit by COVID-19 Iraan, a small oilfield town in west Texas, has seen nearly half of the town's 1,200 people affected by COVID-19, and the school has shut down.