Booster doses needed to curb new Covid wave: Iran Health Ministry
A member of the Iranian Health Ministry’s Infectious Diseases Center has called for injection of booster doses amid a new wave of…
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Coronavirus death toll drops to 36 in Iran
The coronavirus death toll in Iran has reduced to 36 during the past 24 hours, the office of public relations of the…
Coronavirus death toll grows to 64 in Iran
The coronavirus death toll in Iran has grown to 64 during the past 24 hours, the office of public relations of the…
Iran’s health minister says the country is practically in a sixth wave of coronavirus
Iran’s health minister Bahram Einollahi has declared the start of a new wave of coronavirus pandemic in the country as hospitals report…
Iran’s imported Covid- 19 vaccines exceed 40 Million doses
The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said it has received five million more doses of coronavirus vaccine, bringing the total number of…
Iran to accelerate COVID vaccinations with ramp up in import from China
Iran is to ramp up vaccinations against the coronavirus as the country is taking delivery of large batches of Sinopharm shots from…
Arrangements made for delivery of German-built BioNTech vaccine to Iran
The foreign ministers of Iran and Germany made arrangements for the shipment of coronavirus vaccines developed by German company BioNTech to Iran.…
Covid-19 claims 709 lives in Iran since Mon.
According to the Iranian Health Ministry, 40,623 new COVID-19 infections have been detected across the country in the past 24 hours and…
Iran’s IRGC, Army, Basij step up efforts to contain COVID surge
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), the Army and the Basij volunteer force have pooled their resources to contain the spread of…
Purchase of 30m covid vaccine doses secured: President Raisi
President Ebrahim Raisi said that Iran has secured buying 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, adding that the number of pharmacies offering…
Iran to import 40m covid- 19 vaccine doses until autumn, no ban on Pfizer, Moderna vaccines
The spokesman of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration says the country will import 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccine by the end…
Leader calls COVID outbreak first, most urgent issue in Iran
Referring to the outbreak of coronavirus in the country, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called it the first…
President urges plan for boosting fight against COVID-19
Iranian newly-elected President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday called for finalizing a plan for boosting the national fight against COVID-19. The president made…
Leader calls for any necessary measure to contain spread of COVID-19
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a letter to President Hassan Rouhani on Monday, called for any…
Iran’s president urges compliance as COVID-19 cases rise
President of Iran Hassan Rouhani called for strict compliance with the health protocols as the country is facing a growing trend in…
Iran writes to UNGA criticizing US bans amid fatal diseases
Iran’s envoy has wrote to the United Nations General Assembly to call for action in response to the US’s illegal sanctions on…
Iran allocates 417 mln for rental assistance amid pandemic
The Iranian government has released some $417 million in rental assistance under the country’s coronavirus rescue package. The allocation of the fund was…
President Rouhani: 13mn Iranians to receive COVID-19 vaccine in next 2 months
ran’s president says 13 million Iranians will be vaccinated against COVID-19 by July 22, as the country moves ahead with plans to…
Iran imposes outright ban on travel in Ramadan holidays to curb coronavirus
The Iranian government has imposed an outright ban on all domestic travels during the holidays marking the end of the holy month…
Iran COVID-19 update: 21,026 cases, 496 deaths
The total number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran during the last 24 hours has reached 21,026 as 496 more…
Iran bans flights to India, Pakistan over COVID concerns
Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization on Saturday banned all flights from and to India and Pakistan due to the spread of new variant…
COVID-19 daily death toll in Iran at 388
The number of daily deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran stood at 388 with the total death toll surpassed 67,910 on…
Iran cancels Quds Day rallies over COVID- 19 concerns
Iran has decided to call off the countrywide demonstrations marking this year’s International Quds (Jerusalem) Day due to the coronavirus concerns, an…
Iran COVID-19 update: 24,346 cases, 398 deaths
The total number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran during the last 24 hours has reached 24,346 as some 398…
Iran COVID-19 update: 21,644 cases, 405 deaths
The total number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran during the last 24 hours has reached 21,644 as some 405…
Iran to administer 1.4m coronavirus vaccine doses by Friday: Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says approximately 1.4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines will be administered in the country by Friday, in…
Iran registers over 25,000 COVID-19 cases, 304 deaths in a day
The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 25,582 COVID-19 infections and 304 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours. Health…
COVID-19 daily death toll at 274 in Iran
The total number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran during the last 24 hours has reached 23,311 as some 274…
COVID-19 kills 258 more people in Iran
Some 258 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 64,490,…
COVID-19 kills 185 more people in Iran
Some 185 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 63,884,…
US blocked Iran’s access to 10m doses of coronavirus vaccine
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the United States blocked Iran’s access to ten million doses of a coronavirus vaccine by pressuring the…
Coronavirus alert in Iran: All provincial capitals in red category
All of the capitals of Iran’s provinces were categorized as ‘red zones’ with high risk of coronavirus epidemic as the number of…
COVID-19 kills 161 more people in Iran
Some 161 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 63,160,…
Corona claims 89 lives in Iran over past 24 hours: official
89 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 62,397, Iran’s…
COVID-19 claims 75 lives over past 24 hours in Iran: Official
Some 75 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 61,724,…
West hoarding COVID vaccine three times more than its need, says Zarif
Lashing out at Western countries’ justice in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine, Iranian Foreign Minister said that western countries have hoarded the…
COVID-19 claims 88 lives in past 24 hours in Iran: Official
Some 88 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 61,230,…
COVID-19 claims 88 lives in past 24 hours in Iran
Some 88 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 61,016,…
COVID-19 claims 81 lives in past 24 hours in Iran: Official
Some 81 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 60,867,…
Iran takes delivery of third batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccines
Iranian customs authorities have taken delivery of a third batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccines as the country moves ahead with a…