Iranian President condoles passing of Assembly of Experts member
Tasnim – Iranian President expressed condolences over the passing of Ayatollah Seyed Hashem Bathaee, a member of the Assembly of Experts who…
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China urges US to lift sanctions on Iran amid coronavirus response
Reuters – China on Monday urged the United States to lift sanctions on Iran immediately amid the Middle Eastern country’s response to…
Shamkhani’s visit signifies Tehran’s prominent role in Iraq
Financial Tribune – The recent visit by Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani to Iraq indicates that Tehran still…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Iran’s ambassador to UK reveals bilateral talks over £400m debt
The Guardian | Patrick Wintour: The Iranian ambassador to the UK says the British government is taking a new approach to 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…
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…
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…
Teachers adapting to remote teaching as COVID-19 shuts schools
Iran Front Page – As schools remain shut down in Iran due to the outbreak of COVID-19 disease, teachers began using social…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Iranian Supreme Leader says evidence suggests that coronavirus outbreak is ‘Biological Attack’
Sputnik – Previously, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian suggested on his Twitter page that the COVID-19 coronavirus could have been “brought”…
An unhappy Persian New Year in Tehran
Bloomberg | Arsalan Shahla: The days before March 21 this year were supposed to be busy with shoppers in Tehran and elsewhere…
Iran to shut top holy shia shrine during New Year holidays
Bloomberg – Iran’s Imam Reza shrine, a magnet attracting millions of Muslim pilgrims in the holy city of Mashhad every year, will…
Coronavirus: Iran’s Nowruz celebrations halted at the end of a terrible year
Middle East Eye | Rohollah Faghihi: Besides claiming lives in Iran, coronavirus has also taken the joy out of new year celebrations For…
Rouhani hails Leader’s order to establish special HQ for fighting coronavirus
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appreciated the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei for ordering the Armed Forces to…
Army commander: New domestic cars to disinfect public places
IRNA – Commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Force Brigadier General Kiumars Heidari said on Friday that three new domestic cars have…
Iran coronavirus update: 12,729 infections, 611 deaths
MNA – Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Saturday that the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak, officially known as…
Expediency Council sends next year budget to Guardian Council
MNA – After studying the next year’s budget bill, the Expediency Council on Saturday sent the bill to the Guardian Council for…
Iran FM urges world to disregard ‘Inhuman’ US sanctions amid virus epidemic
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said he has sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urging the international…
Spokesman rejects US human rights report on Iran
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi slammed as invalid an annual report from the US State Department about the…
Qatar’s 1st health consignment arrives in Iran
IRNA – The first health shipment provided by Qatari government arrived in at Imam Khomeini International Air Port on Friday night. Following…
Iran summons Swiss ambassador to protest Trump accusation
IRNA – Swiss ambassador to Tehran was summoned to Iranian Foreign Ministry to hear strong protest over baseless accusation made by US…
Rouhani calls Iran’s anti-coronavirus measures ‘adequate’ under sanctions
MNA – President Rouhani said Sat. that no other country has been able to battle the outbreak of the novel coronavirus the…
Iran security forces to empty city streets to fight coronavirus
Reuters – Security forces will empty the streets of cities across Iran in the next 24 hours in a drive to fight…
Claim over attack on US base in Iraq linked to Soleimani assassination: Iran’s Shamkhani
Tasnim – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said there might be links between the US regime’s move…