Supreme Leader terms COVID-19 screening as great accomplishment
IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a letter to Iranian Minister of Health, Treatment and…
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Defense Industries plant produces masks & protective gowns for medics
IRNA – Defense Minister announced on Sunday that the Defense Industries Organization of Iran has been making round-the-clock efforts to help both…
Iran begins use of plasma for COVID-19 patients
Press TV – As the proportion of patients infected with COVID-19 continues to rise in Iran, Masih Daneshvari Hospital in Tehran is…
Zarif urges world to “stop aiding war crimes” as US sanctions impede Iran’s anti-corona fight
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif slammed the ‘immoral’ US sanctions as ‘economic and medical terrorism’. “US has gone from…
Pres. Rouhani says public health on gov’t agenda
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the first priority of the government is to protect public health by the…
Iran says developing stem-cell therapy for Coronavirus
Tasnim – The spokesman for Iran’s Health Ministry said the country is developing a treatment method that could help prevent the spread…
Iran announces COVID-19 relief package
IRNA – Iran has introduced a 21.3-billion euro relief package to help the vulnerable families and the private sector suffering from coronavirus…
Over 58 million Iranians screened for COVID-19 symptoms
Tasnim – More than 58 million people have been screened for the new coronavirus symptoms as part of nation-wide efforts aimed at…
Iran pays another $32 mln to fund fight against coronavirus
Press TV – The Iranian government has provided another $32 million in emergency funding to the health sector amid a nationwide effort…
US continues to block Iranian assets needed to buy medical equipment to fight COVID-19: Foreign Ministry official
Press TV – Iran rejects reports that the United States has agreed to grant sanctions waivers to certain countries in order to…
Rouhani: We must tap all experiences around world
President.ir – President had a meeting with the highest experts in the fields of infectious, viral and respiratory diseases, emergency medicine, immunology,…
Death toll from Coronavirus rises to 2,640 in Iran
Tasnim – Iranian Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpoor said on Sunday that the total number of coronavirus cases in the country has…
Drug for coronavirus treatment via stem cells made in Iran: Scientist
Press TV – An Iranian scientist claims that a drug has been produced in Iran by using stem cells in order to…
Coronavirus pandemic grounds 90 percent of Iranian flights at peak season
Press TV – Iranian airlines have canceled nearly 90 percent of their flights planned for a holiday season after the novel coronavirus…
Veep: US blocks shipment of pharmaceutical drug, basic items to Iran
IRNA – Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri said on Saturday that US tells lies that their sanctions do not include pharmaceutical…
Iranian artists launch campaign to promote people’s mental health at home
IRNA – A group of Iranian artists in cinema, theater, music and visual arts in a statement on Saturday voiced their readiness…
Iran confronts deadly alcohol crisis in midst of dealing with coronavirus
ABC – Iran, already struggling to fight the growing spread of novel coronavirus, is now coming to grips with an alcohol poisoning…
Iran coronavirus infections surges past 35,000
MNA – Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Sat. that 35,408 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in Iran, with…
Iran, Russia send joint letter to UN chief to push lift of unilateral sanctions
IRNA – A group of countries including Iran, Russia, Venezuela, China, North Korea, Cuba, Nicaragua and Syria, sent a joint letter to…
20% of Iran’s budget allocated to fight against coronavirus: Rouhani
MNA –Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that 20 percent of the country’s annual budget is dedicated to combating coronavirus, also known as…
Confusion over Iran waiver as Russia blames US for virus flare-up
Press TV – Russia has called for the urgent removal of US sanctions against Iran, arguing that the bans have led to…
US extends Iraq waivers but intensifies Iran sanctions as COVID-19 breaks records
Press TV – The US has once again extended a waiver allowing Iraq to import Iranian electricity and natural gas, but at…
Efforts for unfreezing Iran’s assets, getting loan from IMF on positive track: CBI
Tasnim – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdonnaser Hemmati said the CBI is making all-out efforts to provide funds…
Iran describes new sanctions as example of inhuman US policy
MNA – The Spokesperson of Iranian Mission to the United Nations Alireza Miryousefi described the new anti-Irani sanctions as an example of…
US will let coronavirus kill many: Iranian scientist detained in US
Press TV – An Iranian scientist detained by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has said that ICE’s handling of the…
Iran offering $5bn in cheap loans to buffer businesses from pandemic
Press TV – The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has approved emergency funding worth nearly $5 billion to offer cheap loans to…
Even US in need of aid against COVID-19 yet refuses to lift anti-Iran sanctions: Zarif
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says even the United States, the world’s largest economy, needs others’ help to fight…
IRGC’s might, influence anger US, Iran’s top general says
Tasnim – The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces described the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps as the creator of great…
Iran coronavirus updates: 32,332 confirmed cases, 2378 deaths, 11,133 recovered
MNA – As of Friday, the death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak, officially known as COVID-19, in Iran has risen to…
Iran Army sets up 2,000-bed hospital in 48 hours to tackle coronavirus outbreak
Press TV – The Iranian Army’s Ground Forces have set up an emergency hospital in 48 hours to battle the coronavirus outbreak…
Iran revises buying price for wheat to support farmers
Press TV – Iran has lifted for a second time in a year the price at which it buys locally produced new-season…
US imposes fresh sanctions on Iranian individuals, companies amid Coronavirus crisis
Reuters – The United States has imposed sanctions on 15 Iranian individuals and five companies in Iran under a counter-terrorism program, according…
Iran’s President announces new plans to fight coronavirus
IRNA – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday announced news measures by the government to fight the outbreak of coronavirus in Iran…
Iran coronavirus updates: 29,406 confirmed cases, 2,234 deaths, 10,457 recovered
MNA – As of Thursday, the death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak, officially known as COVID-19, in Iran has risen to…
Zarif slams Pompeo for spreading ‘third-rate propaganda,’ hatred amid coronavirus pandemic
Press TV – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has blasted his American counterpart Mike Pompeo for keeping up a “third-rate propaganda”…
8 countries write to UN chief to demand lifting of unilateral sanctions amid pandemic
Press TV – Eight countries have called on the United Nations (UN) chief to ask for the lifting of unilateral sanctions on…
Commander thanks IRGC forces’ valuable efforts to protect people’s health
Tasnim – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami underlined that all IRGC forces are responsibly and zealously…
Iran’s infrastructure power shown off in combating COVID-19: Shamkhani
MNA – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani said that the miracle of infrastructure power of…
18K Afghan nationals receive healthcare services in southeastern Iran
IRNA – Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi said 18,666 Afghan nationals have been directed to the Milak border after receiving healthcare…
“MSF” capacities to be used for foreign nationals living in Iran: Iran’s Health ministry
MNA – Head of Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education Kianoush Jahanpour said that potential and capacity…