Iranian police arrest five over prank aubergine-rain video
The Guardian – Iranian police have arrested five people over a prank video that shows aubergines falling from the sky in front…
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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…
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)…
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…
In search of junub, the hippie spirit of Iran’s south
The Guardian – Among Iranian youths, junub carries much more meaning than just its literal definition of south. It has long been…
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…
5.4-Richter quake shakes southern Iran
IRNA – An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale shook the town of Ruydar, Hormuzgan Province, at 1:34 a.m. (10:04 GMT)…
Iranian cinema grabs 9 awards at Italian Film Days in Cyprus
MNA – The Italian Film Days in Cyprus granted awards to Iranian films in nine different categories in its February 2020 edition.…
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…
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…
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…
Passenger transport sector hit hard by virus outbreak
Financial Tribune – Preliminary estimates show airlines will suffer losses worth 20 trillion rials ($129.87 million) till April 3—the end of the…
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’s domestic flights cut by 75% over coronavirus: Report
Press TV – Iranian airlines have suspended flights or modified services amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the country as a…
Iranian boxer wins ticket to Tokyo 2020 Olympic
FNA – Featherweight boxer of Team Iran Danial Shahbakhsh managed to defeat his rivals in the Jordanian capital city of Amman on…
Iran’s leading carmaker IKCO halts production due to coronavirus
Press TV – Iran’s leading car manufacturer the Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) has decided to halt production at all its plants after…
Iran deputy health minister recovers from coronavirus
MNA – Iran deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi has recovered from the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, according to a statement on…
Precious stolen work by Persian poet Hafez, now recovered, will be sold
The Guardian | Alison Flood: After much intrigue, one of the earliest copies of the 14th-century author’s revered Divan, illuminated with gold,…
Alcohol kills 14 in Iran in misguided effort to kill virus
Bloomberg – Fourteen people in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province died overnight from alcohol poisoning, the Fars News Agency reported Monday, as some…
Renowned Iranian tar player dies at 81
FNA – Maestro Houshang Zarif, a great tar player of the contemporary music of Iran, passed away after cardiac arrest at the…
Airfares plunge amid virus outbreak
Financial Tribune – Cancelled flights and reduced demand in light of the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus has prompted airlines to…
COVID-19, air pollution endanger lives in Tehran
Financial Tribune – Scientists and medical professionals argue that there is a potential link between long-term exposure to air pollution and compromised…
Iran finds millions of hoarded gloves as coronavirus deaths hit 66
Reuters | Babak Dehghanpisheh: Iranian authorities uncovered a stash of hoarded medical supplies including millions of gloves as deaths from its coronavirus epidemic…
Transportation constitutes 12% of end prices of goods
Financial Tribune – Diseconomies of scale, low efficiency of players in the distribution system and high overhead costs are the challenges facing…
Iranian female athlete bags gold, qualified for Olympics
IRNA – Hamideh Abbasi, Iranian Karateka secured the 48th Iranian quota at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics during the Austrian Karate-1 Championships to…
World’s strongest para-lifter dies of heart attack
FNA – Iranian weightlifter Siamand Rahman, who was famous for breaking world records at Paralympics, passed away at the age of 31…
Iran’s graduate unemployment at 17.4% in Q3
Financial Tribune – Unemployment rate for university graduates stood at 17.4% in the third quarter of the current Iranian year (Sept. 23-Dec.…
Decontamination of coronavirus to be carried out in Tehran
IRNA – Coronavirus Combat Operations Commander in Tehran metropolitan city announced on Sunday that cooperation is underway with the National Headquarters for…
Iranian director wins prize at Berlin festival in absentia
AP — Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s “There Is No Evil” won the Golden Bear prize Saturday for best picture at the Berlin…
Iran mass producing face masks, sanitizes in response to coronavirus
Press TV – Iran is fighting the spread of coronavirus with mass production of protective face masks, hand wash and sanitizer products.…
Tiss great mosque in Iran’s Chabahar
Tasnim – Tiss Great Mosque is located in Chabahar free zone. It is considered as one of the attractions of this area.…
Coronavirus gives kiss of death to Iran’s tourism industry before Nowruz
Al-Monitor | Sarbas Nazari: Iran — home to the ancient Persian civilization and with 24 UNESCO World Heritage Sites — has never…
FIFA punishes Persepolis over unpaid debt
Tasnim – Persepolis has faced a punishment from FIFA for non-payment of wages owed to former forward Mario Budimir. The Croatian player…
Health Min. reassures: Iran to beat COVID-19
FNA – Iran’s Health Minister Saeed Namaki underlined that his country will assuredly defeat the outbreak of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), adding that…
Iran closes schools as coronavirus death toll rises to 34
Reuters | Babak Dehghanpisheh: Iran on Friday announced a three-day nationwide school closure as officials warned the country faced a “difficult week” in…
Iran coronavirus update: 338 infections, 34 deaths
MNA – The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak, officially known as COVID-19, in Iran has risen to 34 with 338 confirmed…
French Legion of Honour granted to Iranian star Shahab Hosseini
IRNA – Shahab Hosseini, the actor of Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning movies “A Separation” and “The Salesman” has received French Legion of Honour.…
Floodwaters inflict new losses in south and SW Iran
Financial Tribune – Heavy rains that began Monday have led to flash floods in the west and southwest of Iran, causing damage…
Lake Urmia receiving 270 mcm of water
Financial Tribune – To help restore Lake Urmia, close to 270 million cubic meters of water will be gradually discharged into the…
Iran’s Nahid 1 satellite ready for launch: ICT minister
Press TV – Iran’s minister of information and communications technology (ICT) says the country is ready to launch Nahid 1 (Venus 1)…