The coronavirus crisis is a diplomatic opportunity for the United States and Iran
Foreign Policy | Robert Malley, Ali Vaez: Washington and Tehran could use the public health emergency to show goodwill, dial down tensions while…
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News About CoronaVirus Pandemic In Iran and the World
The coronavirus is killing Iranians. So are Trump’s brutal sanctions.
The Intercept | Mehdi Hasan: The U.S. government is run by sociopaths. How else to explain the Trump administration’s callous disregard for…
Sanctioners issue no permit for imports of medicine, food to Iran: Nobakht
MNA – Head of Plan and Budget Organization (PBO) Mohammad Bagher Nobakht said on Tuesday that the imposers of sanctions on Iran…
Rouhani denies COVID-19 infections announced with delay
Iran Front Page – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has defended his government’s response to the new coronavirus outbreak, dismissing as “propaganda” the…
Iran raps certain NAM states for blocking statement on US sanctions
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman strongly criticized certain members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) for breaking a consensus about opposition to…
Official: Coronavirus death toll hits 1,135 in Iran
IRNA – Iran’s Deputy Health Minister said on Wednesday that 5,710 people out of a total of 17,361 infected by the coronavirus…
President unveils commemoration stamp of coronavirus fighters
President.ir – The President unveiled a stamp commemorating the efforts of those combatting coronavirus. In a ceremony on the sidelines of the…
Ayatollah Khamenei pardons, commutes prisoners’ sentences amid coronavirus outbreak
Press TV – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has agreed to a request by Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ebrahim…
Iran Defense Ministry striving to help meet demand for medical supplies
Tasnim – Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said the Defense Ministry is working hard to keep up with domestic demand…
Talks underway in IMF on offering emergency loan to Iran: spox
MNA – A spokesperson in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that talks are underway in the international body on giving Iran…
US must respond to own responsibility in developing coronavirus instead of accusing others: Shamkhani
MNA – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani said on Wed. that US officials, instead of…
Iran summons Hungary ambassador to slam expulsion of students ‘infected with coronavirus’
Press TV – Iran has summoned Hungary’s ambassador to Tehran to protest an “unacceptable” decision by the Budapest government to expel over…
British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe temporarily released from Iran jail
Reuters – Jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been temporarily released in Iran for two weeks, her husband said on Tuesday.…
Iranians to make it through these tough days together: President
Tasnim – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani highlighted the major role of the country’s medical staff in containing the coronavirus epidemic and said…
US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran amid coronavirus outbreak
Press TV – The United States has announced a new round of sanctions against Iran as part of its so-called “maximum pressure”…
Mousavi appreciates humanitarian aid to Iran to fight against coronavirus
MNA – Appreciating Uzbekistan, UAE and UNICEF humanitarian aids to the country in the fight against coronavirus, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas…
Zarif urges world states to join ‘global campaign to disregard’ US bans
Press TV – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warns that the American sanctions are “literally” taking lives in Iran in the midst of…
Turkey sends medical aid to coronavirus-hit Iran
Daily Sabah – The Health Ministry announced Tuesday that a large haul of medical equipment had been dispatched to Iran in order…
UNICEF dispatches 3rd consignment to Iran to fight coronavirus
MNA – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) sent its third pharmaceutical and health aid packages to the Islamic Republic of Iran…
Leader urges Iranians to avoid unnecessary travel
MNA – In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in Iran, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called…
Nasrallah reacts to Velayati’s infection with coronavirus
MNA – Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement Hassan Nasrallah reacted to Velayati’s infection with coronavirus. Nasrallah reacted to the infection…
US seen spurning China’s coronavirus-linked call for Iran sanctions relief
Reuters | Arshad Mohammed, Humeyra Pamuk: The United States is unlikely to ease sanctions on Iran despite an appeal from China that it do…
‘Virus at Iran’s gates’: How Tehran failed to stop outbreak
AP | JON GAMBRELL: Appearing before the cameras coughing and sweating profusely, the man leading Iran’s response to the new coronavirus outbreak…
Iran asks people to stay home for Nowruz holidays
Al-Monitor – Iranian officials have so far resisted calls for mandatory quarantine of areas with high infections of COVID-19. Instead, authorities have…
Kuwait donates $10 million to coronavirus battle in Iran
Tasnim – Kuwait’s top diplomat said his country would give a donation of $10 million to Iran to help the efforts to…
Health min. asks for €250mn to be allocated for treating CIVID-19 patients
MNA – Iranian health minister, who also serves as the head of the National Headquarters for Fighting Coronavirus, in a letter to…
Iran coronavirus updates: 16,169 cases, 988 deaths
MNA – As of Tuesday, the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak, officially known as COVID-19, in Iran has risen to 988…
IRCS starts screening people for coronavirus in 13 Iranian provinces
Tasnim – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) on Tuesday started a major plan to screen people for the new coronavirus (COVID-19)…
Judiciary chief highlights need to boost country’s biological defense
MNA – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi pointed to the need to increase the country’s power in biological defense. “Boosting…
Rouhani says Iran will pass through difficult days
IRNA – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that, thanks to the efforts underway by the doctors and medical personnel, Iran…
2nd Qatari consignment aid to arrive in Iran
MNA – Iran’s embassy in Doha informed on Monday that the second anti-coronavirus consignment aid will arrive in Iran from Qatar. The…
UAE’s pharmaceutical, health aids delivered to Iran to combat COVID-19
MNA – Health and pharmaceutical consignment of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was delivered to the Islamic Republic of Iran on Monday…
Iran has temporarily freed 85,000 prisoners, including political ones, amid coronavirus
Reuters – Iran has temporarily freed about 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners in response to the coronavirus epidemic, a judiciary spokesman said…
Govt. seriously pursues reducing outbreak of coronavirus: Veep
MNA – First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri said that the government is seeking to reduce outbreak of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19,…
Amid coronavirus chaos, US and Iran edge closer to war
The Intercept | Murtaza Hussain: If you listened closely this week, behind the terrifying clamor of Covid-19 sweeping across the planet, you…
Iranians from all walks of life do their part in anti-virus campaign
Press TV – Since the beginning of a coronavirus epidemic in Iran in late February, Iranian people from all walks of life…
Iran, Kuwait underscore cooperation on fight against coronavirus
MNA – In a Sunday meeting between Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammad Irani and Chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society Hilal…
Hemmati announces loan scheme for businesses hit by coronavirus
Financial Tribune – The governor of the Central Bank of Iran on Wednesday outlined financial aid to help mitigate economic losses arising…
Iran-US relations and the Corona Virus crisis
The Dispatch | Tridivesh Singh Maini: Iran has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for emergency funding (it is for the first…
Chinese Muslim leader hopes Iran will pass coronavirus ordeal
IRNA – The head of Muslim community of Shanghai said on Monday that Iran will pass the ordeal of coronavirus soon. Sheikh…