Iran warns it could use ‘force’ to halt travel amid virus
AP — Iranian authorities warned Friday they may use “force” to limit travel between cities and announced the new coronavirus has killed…
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President appreciates endeavor of medical teams
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday thanked the medical staff for their endeavor in fight against COVID-19 that killed some 145…
Iranian top cleric urges India to end killing of Muslims
Tasnim – Prominent Iranian cleric Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani condemned the recent anti-Muslim violence in India, urging the New Delhi government to…
Hoarders of health supplies in Iran stand trial
Tasnim – Ten individuals charged with hoarding health supplies and disrupting Iran’s economy stand trial on Saturday as these products are scarce…
Iranian FM in complete health: Spokesman
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi dismissed as untrue rumors that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has tested positive…
Sanctions virus more dangerous to intl. security than corona: Iran’s Shamkhani
Press TV – The Iranian top security official says the virus of imposing sanctions and reneging on pledges is more dangerous to…
Tehran disinfects streets to protect against COVID-19
Euronews – Disinfectors targeted a major taxi rank in the Iranian capital Tehran. Iran has been one of the worst-hit countries by…
Iran’s Oil Minister frustrated by ‘Worst Meeting in OPEC History’
Tasnim – Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said Friday’s “fruitless” meeting of the OPEC+ in Vienna was one of the worst…
Coronavirus death toll mounts to 145 in Iran
IRNA – Head of the Iran’s Health Ministry’s public relations office Kianoush Jahanpour said on Saturday that the coronavirus death toll mounted…
OPEC, non-OPEC agreement reachable before April: Zangeneh
SHANA – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says OPEC+ could reach an agreement to consider deeper cuts in the group’s output…
Iran, France FMs discuss coronavirus outbreak on phone
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian discussed the latest developments surrounding coronavirus outbreak…
Zarif vows doing utmost for returning Iranians stranded abroad
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message said Iran’s embassies in foreign countries are doing their best to…
Death toll of COVID-19 reaches 124 in Iran with 4,747 infections
MNA – According to a senior official in Iran’s health ministry on Friday, the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak, officially known…
Pro-Trump US group moves to prevent medicine sales to Iran
Press TV – A group with close ties to Donald Trump is pressuring pharmaceutical companies not to sell drugs to Tehran despite his claim this…
Iran’s Zarif says fight against coronavirus is a collective one
Press TV – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the international community has a duty to help the country’s fight against…
Iran, Kuwait FMs call for joint efforts to combat COVID-19
MNA – Iranian FM Zarif and his Kuwaiti counterpart Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Friday held a phone conversation on mutual cooperation in…
Iran’s accusers cause instability, insecurity in region: Foreign Ministry
Press TV – The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has slammed a recent statement issued by the so-called Arab Quartet Committee against…
Iranian oil minister confirms OPEC agreed a 1.5 million bpd cut
Reuters – The Iranian oil minister confirmed on Thursday that OPEC ministers had agreed an extra 1.5 million barrel per day (bpd)…
FM Zarif condoles passing of ex-UN chief Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed his deep condolences on the death of former UN Secretary General Javier Pérez…
Coronavirus primarily affecting small businesses in Iran
Trend | Elnur Baghishov: The spread of coronavirus affects the performance of smaller businesses in Iran, former head of the Azerbaijan-Iran Chamber…
Tehran stocks wrap up week on high note
Financial Tribune – Tehran Stocks closed trading week on Wednesday on a strong note to extend rallies that dominated the market since…
Iran’s IRGC claims it’s close to producing coronavirus vaccine
Al-Monitor – A medical research center affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it is testing a vaccine that promises…
Iran triples stockpile of enriched uranium in breach of nuclear deal
The Guardian – Watchdog says country may also be storing material at three undeclared sites Iran has nearly tripled its stockpile of…
Iran to use phone checks for coronavirus, school closure extended
Reuters – Iran will keep schools and universities closed for another two weeks and check up on people in the worst affected…
Iran involved in biological warfare: IRGC chief
Tasnim – Iran is currently engaged in biological warfare and will definitely win the war, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps…
China says US should lifts sanctions as Iran struggles with virus outbreak
Press TV – China has slammed continued American economic pressure on Iran as the country is struggling to contain a coronavirus outbreak…
France delivers first aid consignment to Iran to fight coronavirus
MNA – French Ambassador to Tehran Philippe Thiebaud announced that the first cargo of humanitarian aid by France to Iran to help…
Russia voices readiness to help Iran in coronavirus fight
IRNA – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday voiced his…
Ayatollah Khamenei condemns massacre of Muslims in India
MNA – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei slammed the violence against Muslims in India, calling on New Delhi…
Iran coronavirus death toll climbs to 107, with 3,513 infections
MNA – Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Thursday that the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Iran has…
Iran opening 14 new hospitals amid coronavirus surge
Press TV – Iran’s health ministry is taking the delivery of 14 new hospitals across the country amid a surge in coronavirus…
IAEA questions, inspection demands lack legal basis: Iran nuclear spox
MNA – The inspections that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is asking for have no legal basis, said the spokesman of…
Number of recoveries from COVID-19 in Iran far more than infections: Health Minister
Tasnim – Iran’s Minister of Health Saeed Namaki said the number of patients recovering from the novel coronavirus in the country is…
On Ukraine visit, Canada minister presses Iran for access to black boxes from plane crash
Reuters – Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne on Wednesday urged Tehran to allow access to the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger…
Enemies’ media aim to weaken community resilience against coronavirus: Shamkhani
MNA – Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani slammed the efforts of some foreign media on attacking…
Iran’s Health Ministry: 552 patients recover from coronavirus
Press TV – Iran says 522 patients infected with the coronavirus have recovered so far as the country intensifies measures to combat…
Coronavirus has spread to nearly all Iran provinces: president
Reuters | Babak Dehghanpisheh: Coronavirus has spread to almost all of Iran’s provinces but the country will get through the outbreak with a…
Iran’s Zarif discusses COVID-19 outbreak with foreign officials
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held telephone conversations with a number of his foreign counterparts and with the EU…
Iran’s Auto Sector: Moment of truth
Financial Tribune – Few auto market experts or analysts can tell you what really is going on in this huge but crisis-plagued…
MKO using propaganda to mislead Iranians on coronavirus outbreak: Envoy to UK
Press TV – Tehran’s ambassador to the UK says the notorious Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) terror group and other foreign-based anti-Iran movements have…