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,…
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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)…
Iran says Qom ‘almost stable’ after coronavirus outbreak
Al-Monitor – Iran’s Interior Minister Abdulreza Rahmanifazli said that the coronavirus outbreak may have contributed to record low participation rates in Iran’s…
Medics: Iran will soon contain spread of coronavirus, many patients recovering
Press TV – Medical officials have assured that Iran will, in the near future, rein in the spread of a flu-like virus…
Mask production factories working at full capacity
Financial Tribune – In the wake of the rising cases of coronavirus infection in Iran and fears of shortage of face masks,…
Lawmaker: Coronavirus kills 12, affects 47 in Iran
IRNA – Spokesman of the Iranian Parliament presiding board Asadollah Abbasi said some 47 Iranians have been affected by coronavirus of whom…
Strong quake in SE Iran leaves no casualties: Official
Tasnim – An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale hitting Iran’s southeastern province of Kerman has left no damage or casualties,…
Iran announces closure of universities, schools as Coronavirus death toll rises
Radio Farda – Iran’s health ministry announced three more deaths from coronavirus to 8 in total, the second highest in the world…
Iran disinfecting public places amid Coronavirus outbreak
Tasnim – An Iranian health official said all public places and means of public transportation are being disinfected on a daily basis…
Magnitude 5.7 quake hits NW Iran, no causalities reported
Tasnim – An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted an area in Iran’s northwestern province of West Azerbaijan on Sunday…
Rapid surge in Iran Coronavirus cases is ‘Very Worrisome’: WHO
Bloomberg – A surge in coronavirus cases and deaths in Iran is raising concern because the outbreak can’t be traced directly back…
Iran’s Mohammadreza Shajarian not in good health
MNA – The greatest living maestro of Persian classical music, Mohammadreza Shajarian, has been in fragile health conditions in the past 24…
State TV reports Iranian mayor tests positive for coronavirus, official denies report
Reuters – An Iranian official has tested positive for coronavirus, state TV reported on Saturday. Morteza Rahmanzadeh, the mayor of district 13…
Iran receives 4th consignment of coronavirus test kits
IRNA – Iranian Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education announced that with the efforts made by the representative of the World…
Iran says coronavirus has spread to several cities, reports two new deaths
Reuters – The coronavirus has spread to several Iranian cities, a health ministry official said on Friday, as an outbreak that the…
Health Ministry equipped to fight coronavirus outbreak: Official
IRNA – Head of Plan and Budget Organization of Iran Mohammad Baqer Nobakht announced here on Friday that Ministry of Health and…
240,000 enroll for Iran’s new housing initiative: 58% considered eligible
Financial Tribune – The first stage of the government-sponsored housing development project, known as “National Housing Initiative”, has seen the enrollment of…
Two patients suspected of coronavirus quarantined in northern Iran
IRNA – Two patients suspected of contamination with coronavirus were quarantined in northern Iranian city of Babol, Health official with University of…
Three test positive for coronavirus in Iran – health ministry official
Reuters – Three patients have tested positive for the coronavirus in Iran, a health ministry spokesman said on Thursday. “Two people have…