Official: 48 more Iranians die from COVID-19
IRNA – The head of Iran’s Health Ministry’s Public Relations Office said on Saturday that 48 people lost their lives to COVID-19…
Tag Archives: COVID-19
Trend of COVID19-infected patients in Tehran declining, official says
IRNA – Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi said on Saturday that the trend of patients infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) in…
Minister: Iran manages COVID-19 amid sanctions climax
IRNA – Iran has relatively managed coronavirus outbreak amid sanctions and economic problems climax, Iranian Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education…
The Covid-19 riddle: Why does the virus wallop some places and spare others?
The New York Times | Hannah Beech, Alissa J. Rubin, Anatoly Kurmanaev and Ruth Maclean: Experts are trying to figure out why…
Iran’s restaurant industry hit hard by COVID-19
Financial Tribune – The global coronavirus pandemic has hit the food service industry while Muslims around the world are observing the holy…
Top Comdr: Iran ready to share anti-COVID19 experiences with regional countries
IRNA – Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri in separate messages to his counterparts and Defense Ministries…
President unveils smart reopening plan in Iran
Tasnim – Iran’s president said the successful implementation of smart social distancing program in the battle with the coronavirus is a prelude…
As coronavirus strikes prisons, hundreds of thousands are released
The New York Times | Ernesto Londoño, Manuela Andreoni and Letícia Casado: The virus has spread rapidly in overcrowded prisons across the…
Iran to group regions into white, yellow, red categories in coronavirus battle
Tasnim – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that all areas of the country would be categorized according to the coronavirus…
Pentagon confirms Covid-19 outbreak on ANOTHER Navy vessel, destroyer USS Kidd returning to port
RT – The USS Kidd Navy destroyer is heading back to port after the US Department of Defense confirmed one sailor tested…
In Ramadan message, Iran’s President urges joint action against COVID-19
Tasnim – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani congratulated Muslim nations on the start of the holy month of Ramadan, expressing hope that the…
COVID-19 showed all humans are in the same boat: Zarif
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the COVID-19 pandemic, which has infected close to three million people around the…
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…
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…
Warning over another COVID-19 peak in Autumn
Financial Tribune – A senior health official says the current strategy of Iran, like many other countries, is to lower COVID-19 cases…
Iran identifies COVID-19 genome sequencing data for first time
Press TV – The head of Iran’s Biotechnology Society says Iranian researchers have managed to identify the COVID-19 genome sequencing for the…
Politicians using COVID-19 to centralize existing power: geopolitical expert
Iranian Diplomacy – Anthony Cartalucci believes the interests of governments are driving the response to COVID 19 which are generally seeking to…
Health official lauds Iran’s successful COVID19 management
IRNA – Deputy Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education said that Iran has been successful in managing coronavirus epidemic and “we…
Headquarters founded to coordinate charity efforts amid COVID-19 outbreak in Iran
Tasnim – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) initiated the formation of a headquarters to organize aid programs and support around 3.5…
Iran says US missed COVID-19 ‘opportunity’ to quit addiction to sanctions
Press TV – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the COVID-19 pandemic was an “opportunity” for the United States to quit…
COVID-19: Social distancing and cost of economic lockdown
Financial Tribune – Workers and government employees have returned to workplaces, despite hot debates among economic analysts about the impact of new…
US impeding Iran from combating COVID-19, envoy says
IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said on Monday that Washington is impeding the global states, particularly Iran, from the…
Zarif discusses Afghan situation, COVID-19 outbreak with Turkish, Qatari FMs
Tasnim – Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks with his Turkish and Qatari counterparts on the latest political situation…
Iranian tech firms helping ward off COVID-19
Financial Tribune – Iranian knowledge-based companies and tech firms have stepped forward to produce health protective items needed to combat the novel…
Iran by far outpaces US in fight against COVID-19
Press TV | Yuram Abdullah Weiler: “Who’s going to pay for it?” The last words of a COVID-19 victim to his medical…
Iran produces COVID-19 antibody rapid test kit: Health Min. spox
MNA – Spokesperson for the Coronavirus Combat and Prevention Headquarters Kianoush Jahanpour said on Sun. that the country has developed COVID-19 rapid…
Iranian cleric proposes formation of religious leaders Int’l committee to address COVID-19
Tasnim – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution called for the establishment of a joint committee of world religious leaders…
‘Iran studying possibility of COVID-19 as biological warfare’
MNA – Head of Health Department of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran said comprehensive studies…
US confirmed coronavirus cases top half a million
The Wall Street Journal – Confirmed U.S. cases of the new coronavirus rose above half a million and the pandemic’s global death…
Covid-19: Iran reopens ‘low-risk’ economic activities
FRANCE 24 – President Hassan Rouhani urged Iranians to respect health protocols to guard against the new coronavirus as “low-risk” economic activities…
Afghanistan lauds Iran’s treatment of Afghan COVID-19 patients
MNA – Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry lauded the Islamic Republic’s assistance and cooperation in the free treatment of the Afghan refugees who have…
Official: 35,465 COVID19-infected patients recover in Iran
IRNA – Head of Iran’s Health Ministry Public Relations Office Kianoush Jahanpour said on Friday that 35,465 people out of a total…
Iran ready for aiding Turkey in fighting COVID-19
IRNA — Head of Presidential Office Mahmoud Vaezi and Turkey’s Minister of Finance and Treasury Berat Albayrak in a phone talk late…
Intel: US comes out against emergency COVID-19 IMF loan for Iran
Al-Monitor | Bryant Harris: The United States opposes Iran’s request for a $5 billion emergency loan request from the International Monetary Fund…
Magic bullet for Covid-19? Scientists look to century-old plasma treatment, but there are some big ‘BUTS’
RT – As the world seeks a Covid-19 panacea, treating patients with plasma harvested from those who have recovered from the virus…
Iran to pay loans to 4m households to repair COVID-19 outbreak damages
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that the government has plans to pay loans to 4 million low-income Iranian households…
Poll: Income of 70% of Tehran residents declines due to COVID-19
Financial Tribune – The coronavirus outbreak has reduced the income of 70% of households living in the capital city, an opinion poll…
Controlling COVID-19 possible through taking collective responsibility: Iran’s official
IRNA – Head of Iran’s Health Ministry’s Public Relations Office Kianoush Jahanpour said on Sunday that every global epidemic could be controlled…
How will the COVID-19 crisis impact US-Iran tensions?
Al-Monitor | Hamed A. Kermani: In the more than three months since it first was reported in China, the novel coronavirus has…
Tough measures to be taken to contain coronavirus outbreak: Pres. Rouhani
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that stricter measures will be taken in the country to combat coronavirus, also known as…