Swiss companies operating in Iran keen to cooperate with IRCS
ISNA – Swiss ambassador to Tehran, Markus Leitner stressed that Swiss companies operating in Iran are keen to cooperate with Iranian Red…
Tag Archives: coronavirus in Iran
Trump’s “Maximum Pressure” on Iran is making COVID-19 worse
Jacobin | Valentina Pegolo: Even as Iran’s coronavirus death toll nears 5,000, US sanctions continue to bear down on the country’s health…
Thousands of IRGC specialized forces join coronavirus combat
FNA – A top Islamic Revolution Guards Corps commander announced that 10,000 IRGC physicians, nurses, and specialists have rushed to the frontline…
Containing corruption key to Iran’s economic recovery
Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: Iran is struggling to restart its economy in the face of COVID-19, sanctions and unchecked government misconduct, yet…
Iran resorts to new financial tools to shore-up economy
Bourse and Bazaar | Navid Kalhor; The COVID-19 crisis has forced Iran’s government to turn to little-used financial tools to help stabilize…
EU foreign policy chief chides US for blocking Iran loan
Politico | JACOPO BARIGAZZI: Tehran asked for $5 million from the IMF, but the United States said no. Josep Borrell, the EU’s…
Iran extends closure of religious sites amid pandemic
Al-Monitor – While gradually reopening much of the economy amid lowering coronavirus-related mortalities, the Iranian government has extended a shutdown of religious…
Rouhani hits out at skeptics of Iran pandemic statistics
Al-Monitor – The Iranian president said skeptics of the official coronavirus narrative in his country are serving as enemy mouthpieces. Iranian President…
Iran reopens parks, further easing virus-linked curbs
Reuters – Iran reopened parks and recreational areas on Wednesday, pressing ahead with measures to ease its coronavirus curbs despite one of…
Iran says fight against coronavirus pandemic needs global measure
IRNA – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi called for a collective measure by the world countries to fight…
Iran death toll from new coronavirus outbreak rises by 90 to 5,481 – health ministry official
Reuters – Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak increaed by 90 in the past twenty four hours to 5,481, Health…
EU regrets US refusal to allow economic aid for Iran to fight coronavirus
Reuters – The European Union has urged the United States to ease its sanctions on Iran and approve economic aid to help…
Foreign demand for Iranian ventilators
MNA – The CEO of an Iranian knowledge-based company told Mehr news on Tuesday that there are some requests from foreign countries,…
Iran helping victims amid coronavirus outbreak
Press TV | Ghanbar Naderi: There is a new project in Iran focused on fund-raising and creating new jobs for those affected…
Mutual aid and solidarity in Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic
Iran Review | Maziyar Ghiabi: In a remote village in central Iran, a man in his seventies fell sick and, after a…
Q&A: Iran’s Central Bank governor comments on IMF loan request
Bloomberg | Golnar Motevalli: The Head of Iran’s central bank, Abdolnaser Hemmati, provided written answers to questions from Bloomberg about the Islamic Republic’s…
All countries must take a clear stand against US’ inhumane pressure: Rouhani
President.ir – The Presidents of Iran and Turkey described the relations between the two countries as friendly, brotherly and developing towards ensuring…
Iran coronavirus death toll rises by 94 to 5,391 – health ministry
Reuters – The death toll from the outbreak of the new coronavirus in Iran rose by 94 in the past 24 hours…
EU three have no objection to IMF’s emergency loan to Iran amid COVID-19 – Berlin
UrduPoint News / Sputnik – Germany, France and the United Kingdom do not oppose the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) loan to Iran,…
New coronavirus test kit cargo arrives in Iran
MNA – A new consignment of coronavirus test kits bought from France arrived in Iran through Sari Su border, northwestern country, on…
Survey: Coronavirus reduces income of over 50% of Iranians
Financial Tribune – The outbreak of coronavirus has lowered the income of more than half of the Iranians, the latest opinion poll…
Expert predicts long-term effects of coronavirus on Iran’s football
MNA – Bijan Zolfagharnasab, head of Iran Football Coaches Association (IFCA), believes that the pandemic coronavirus crisis could bring long term consequences…
Bleak estimates of economic impact spur Iran to end virus lockdown
Bourse and Bazaar – Following two years of recession triggered by the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” sanctions campaign, Iran was showing signs…
Iran starts training sniffer dogs to detect COVID-19
MNA – A detection dog training center in Iran has started a project to train different dog breeds for detecting the novel…
Women in virus-hit Iran tech sector fight to keep hard-won jobs
AFP | Lucie Peytermann: From the hustle and bustle of a startup, Fereshteh Kasrai now works from home, like many Iranian women…
Anti-Iran sanctions petition reaches 350k signatures
April 22, The Iran Project – An online petition which calls for the removal of anti-Iran sanctions amid coronavirus outbreak has gathered…
Voices from the Middle East: Doctors, COVID-19 patients and dilemmas of treatment under sanctions in Iran
Iran Review – Sima Shakhsari, a professor at the University of Minnesota, conducted this interview with two pediatricians in Iran. Dr. Sahar…
US can tighten pressure on Iran after November election, says expert
TASS – The pundit pointed out that incidents would continue in Iraq and the Persian Gulf, like the ones the world already…
Tourism industry prospects unclear amid coronavirus
Financial Tribune – The new coronavirus has shut down Iran’s tourism industry for two months now and it seems that at present…
Solidarity vs. sanctions in times of a global pandemic
Iran Review | Roxana Baspineiro: As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks havoc globally –leaving more than 124,000 dead so far– capitalism has never…
Iran extends Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s temporary release – lawyer
Reuters – Iran’s judiciary has extended British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s temporary release from jail by another month, her lawyer told state…
COVID-19 outbreak could peak again, Iranian official warns
Tasnim – An Iranian deputy minister of health cautioned that the novel coronavirus outbreak could reach a new peak again all over…
Iran’s Judiciary refutes allegation of discriminatory treatment of foreign inmates
Tasnim – Iran’s Judiciary spokesperson dismissed allegations of discrimination against foreign prisoners made by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of…
Coronavirus death toll hits 5,297 in Iran
IRNA – The head of Iran’s Health Ministry’s Public Relations Office said on Tuesday that a total of 84,802 have been infected…
Photos: Iran begins soft reopening after coronavirus shutdowns
Mizan | Mostafa Roudaki: Iran’s government allowed local bazaars and shopping malls to reopen on Monday, a potential milestone for a country…
President urges Italy’s action against US attempt to block Iran’s IMF loan bid
Tasnim – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Italy to stand up to the violation of international regulations by the US, which…
Kuwaiti emir, Iran’s Rouhani discuss coronavirus situation: Kuna news agency
Reuters – Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani discussed international and regional developments on Monday in a…
Iran to receive corona fund from World Bank
Financial Tribune – Iran will receive $50 million from the World Bank to help the health sector cope with the coronavirus pandemic,…
Iran-Pakistan committed to strengthen cooperation in post-COVID19 era
IRNA — The Consul-General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta while expressing his country’s readiness to…
65% of Iranian nurses in front-line of fighting coronavirus
IRNA – The deputy health minister for nursing said on Monday that 80,856 nurses, equal to 65 percent of the nurses in…