Zarif: US sanctions ‘main obstacle’ to Iran’s COVID-19 battle
Press TV – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says US sanctions against Iran have hampered the country’s access to medicine and medical…
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President Rouhani: Sanctions failed to force Iran to give in to US pressure
Press TV – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says US sanctions and pressures have failed to force the Iranian nation to give in…
Zarif advises US to change bankrupt policy
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message referred to embargo and regime change as staple of US policy…
Coronavirus keeps families apart on eve of Iranian new year
Reuters – Like many Iranians, Mahnaz left Iran and settled in a western country 10 years ago after political restrictions in the…
1,046 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Iran
MNA – Health Ministry announced on Thursday that 1,046 new cases infected with the novel coronavirus have been detected across the country…
Zarif: Coronavirus outbreak in Iran exposed reality of cruel sanctions to world
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Iranians celebrate Nowruz concurrent with the arrival of Spring while the country…
UN chief expresses hope Nowruz brings harmony
Tasnim – Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres in a message for the international day of Nowruz expressed the hope that…
US announced illegal sanctions amid Iran’s fight with coronavirus
Reuters – The United States on Wednesday identified seven companies that it has blacklisted for trade in Iranian petrochemicals – three based…
COVID-19 infects 50 Iranians every hour
IRNA – About 50 Iranians are being infected by the deadly COVID-19 per hour, a senior official at the Ministry of Health…
Iran’s urgent IMF loan request challenges Trump policy
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: For the first time in 60 years, Iran has requested a loan from the International Monetary…
MTN pushes for Iran growth in face of virus, sanctions
Bloomberg – MTN Group Ltd. said its Iranian business is still able to achieve strong sales growth in the short term, even…
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…
Iran hard-liners storm shrines closed due to coronavirus
Al-Monitor – As of March 17, the coronavirus epidemic in Iran had killed nearly a thousand people and infected over 16,000 others.…
Iran to push for advanced defense technologies in coming year: Minister
Tasnim – Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said obtaining advanced and modern military technologies is high on agenda in 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…
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’s Zarif emphasizes need for non-observing US sanctions against Iranian nation
MNA – In his phone conversation with his Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov on Tue., Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed the…
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…
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…
Iran president says Iran responded, will respond to assassination of Gen. Soleimani
Reuters – President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday Iran has responded, and will respond, to America’s assassination of Major-General Qassem Soleimani, the…
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…
Shutters come down for Iran’s cafés and restaurants
Bourse and Bazaar | Khosro Kalbasi: While Iran’s economy has struggled over the last two years, the country experienced a boom in…
‘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…
Metro Bank hit with fresh lawsuit by Iranian customers
The Guardian | Kalyeena Makortoff : Group of claimants expected to seek at least £1.5m in damages over account suspensions Embattled lender…
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…
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…
Iran calls on Europe to defy US sanctions amid COVID-19 outbreak
Press TV – Iran’s foreign minister has called on London and the European Union to defy Washington’s anti-Iran sanctions amid the outbreak…
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…
Pres. Rouhani inaugurates Hemmat-Karaj Freeway
MNA – Hemmat-Karaj Freeway was put into operation today in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani. “The launch of Lot No.s 2…
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,…