Iran to roll out tax, insurance breaks for virus-hit economy
Bloomberg – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani announced a series of banking, welfare and tax relief measures to support businesses and families as…
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News About CoronaVirus Pandemic In Iran and the World
Iran screens 10 million for coronavirus symptoms
Press TV – Iran’s Health Ministry says the country has screened more than 10 million people for the new coronavirus symptoms as it…
Iran urges people to stay home as virus kills 113
AFP – Iran shut a key Shia tomb and appealed Sunday to its citizens to stay at home to halt a coronavirus…
IRGC in war-like arrangement to combat coronavirus: Salami
MNA – The Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps pointed to the main measures adopted by the force in the…
Molaverdi calls on netizens to sign petition against US sanctions on Iran
MNA – Iranian president’s Special Assistant for Citizenship Rights Shahindokht Molaverdi called on users on Twitter to join the campaign calling on…
Germany halts flights from Iran and China over coronavirus – Bild
Reuters – Germany’s transport ministry plans to halt flights from Iran and China in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus,…
Nearly 5,000 coronavirus patients recover in Iran
Tasnim – The total number of coronavirus cases in Iran rose to 14,991 on Monday, of whom nearly 5,000 have recovered and…
Figures on fighting COVID-19 promising: Rouhani
MNA – President Hassan Rouhani described the numbers and figures regarding the country’s fight against the spread of COVID-19 promising, saying, “based…
Leader: Anti-coronavirus health recommendations compulsory for everybody
Press TV – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says strategies and health recommendations adopted by Iran’s Ministry of…
Death toll of coronavirus reaches 853 in Iran with 14,991 infections
MNA – According to the latest reports on Monday, the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak, officially known as COVID-19, in Iran…
Iranian VP returns to work after testing negative for coronavirus
Tasnim – Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri returned to work after testing negative for the new coronavirus, known as COVID-19, his office…
Iran receives Uzbekistan’s consignment aid
MNA – Iranian foreign ministry informed that the country has received Uzbekistan’s anti-coronavirus consignment of humanitarian aid on Monday morning. The consignment…
Iran Police chief: No plan to quarantine cities
Tasnim – Iranian Police Commander Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari denied plans to quarantine cities amid the outbreak of the coronavirus in the…
Army Ground Force’s Airborne Division ready to sanitize Iran cities: Commander
Tasnim – The Iranian Army Ground Force’s Airborne Division is ready to assist the administration in disinfecting cities across the country, the…
US sanctions hamper Iranians’ access to medical needs amid coronavirus: MP
MNA – Head of Iranian Parliament’s National Interests and Diplomacy Faction Mostafa Kavakebian in a letter penned to a US Congresswoman Ilhan…
Iran, UAE top diplomats discuss coronavirus outbreak
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Emirati counterpart, Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, discussed various topics,…
Iran takes delivery of 2,000 ventilators amid fight against coronavirus
Press TV – Iranian customs authorities have taken delivery of nearly 2,000 ventilators devices as the country scrambles for vital equipment needed…
Iran praises Azerbaijan’s backing in coronavirus battle
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed gratitude to the Republic of Azerbaijan for the neighboring country’s support in the…
Member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts dies of COVID-19
Tasnim – The novel coronavirus that has killed more than 700 people in Iran so far took the life of Ayatollah Seyed…
On Iranian nation’s model of containing COVID-19
MNA – The Iranian approach to fight the novel coronavirus seems to be a bit different from the rest of the world…
COVID-19 likely a biological warfare: Iran MP
MNA – An Iranian lawmaker said the Parliament Security Commission and the Foreign Ministry will address the possibility of a biological warfare…
Iran seeks help from Int’l banks to fight coronavirus
Financial Tribune – The Ministry of Economy has sent requests to multilateral development banks, in which Iran is a member, for financial…
Iran says worsening outbreak could strain health facilities
AP | NASSER KARIMI and JOSEPH KRAUSS: Iran’s official leading the response to the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East on…
Religious services curbed across Mideast over virus fears
AP | JOSEPH KRAUSS: Religious authorities cancelled or limited weekly prayer gatherings across the Middle East on Friday to help prevent the…
IRGC combatting coronavirus in Iran with all its power: Commander
Tasnim – Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps for Coordination Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi said the IRGC forces have stepped…
Photos: Iran’s Army drill to fight against coronavirus outbreaks
ISNA | Mohammadali Ghasemi: Exercise of prevention of coronavirus outbreak in Iran was held by Iran’s Army on Sunday morning in the…
Rouhani: Gov’t standing by medical personnel to combat coronavirus
IRNA – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the government is firmly standing by the medical personnel to fight against…
Iran coronavirus update: 13,938 infections, 724 deaths
MNA – Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Sunday that the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak, officially known as…
Zarif’s urges counterparts to stand against US’ anti-Iran sanctions in COVID-19 battle
MNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on his foreign counterparts to stand against the unjust US sanctions against the…
Bahrain repeats blame game on Iran over COVID-19 spread
MNA – Bahrain has once again repeated the baseless accusations against the Islamic Republic, trying to question Iran’s measures against the new…
China sends two other specialists to Tehran
IRNA – The Red Cross pf China announced on Sunday that two more voluntary experts were sent by the Red Cross Society…
Most effective anti-coronavirus drug developed in Iran: dep. min.
MNA – Iranian deputy health minister Reza Malekzadeh announced on Saturday that the country has been successful in developing the most effective…
Rouhani rejects rumors about lockdown in Tehran, other cities
Press TV – President Hassan Rouhani has dismissed rumors that Iran is planning to put Tehran and other cities under quarantine amid the coronavirus…
Tehran getting ready for next phase of battle against coronavirus
MNA – Head of the Coronavirus Control Operations HQ in Tehran said Saturday that the Iranian capital is getting ready for the…
Photos: Burial site of coronavirus victims in Qom
MNA | Mehdi Bakhshi: Victims of the Covid-19 outbreak in Qom are buried after observing traditional Islamic guidelines for burial at Behesht-e…
Iran’s Army launches drills to prevent, monitor coronavirus spread
Press TV – The Iranian Army has begun drills to prevent and monitor the outbreak of a new coronavirus as the country…
There is no special section for coronavirus victims in Behesht-e Masoumeh Cemetery in Qom
ISNA – The CEO of Qom Cemeteries Organization denied Washington Post’s accusation, stressing that there is no special section for coronavirus victims…
IRGC opens three field hospitals as Iran fights corona epidemic: Commander
Press TV – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has opened three field hospitals in northern and southern Iranian provinces in line with…
Fighting coronavirus requires concerted regional, intl. actions: Pres. Rouhani
MNA – In a letter penned to a number of world leaders on Sat., Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that confronting the…
Pakistan seeks to control spread of virus from Iran
Al-Monitor | Sabena Siddiqui: As of March 12, Pakistan had reported just 21 coronavirus cases of the new coronavirus, but the country’s…