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…
Tag Archives: COVID-19
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…
Iran voices readiness to share scientific experience with world to fight COVID-19 pandemic
MNA – Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mansour Gholami said that Iran is ready to share its experiences and scientific findings…
Zarif: US impeding global fight against COVID-19
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message praised the global campaign for lifting sanctions, saying the US is…
Iran coronavirus updates: 21,638 cases, 1685 deaths, 7,913 recovered
MNA – As of Sunday, the death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak, officially known as COVID-19, in Iran has risen to…
Tehran shuts down commercial centers to contain COVID-19
MNA – All commercial centers across capital Tehran, except for those related to food supplies and pharmacies, have been ordered to close…
COVID-19 infects 50 Iranians every hour
IRNA – About 50 Iranians are being infected by the deadly COVID-19 per hour, a senior official at the Ministry of Health…
Rouhani denies COVID-19 infections announced with delay
Iran Front Page – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has defended his government’s response to the new coronavirus outbreak, dismissing as “propaganda” the…
Iran’s FM, Swedish, South African counterparts discuss COVID-19 outbreak
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Swedish and South African counterparts, Ann Linde and Naledi Pandor, in separate…
On Iranian nation’s model of containing COVID-19
MNA – The Iranian approach to fight the novel coronavirus seems to be a bit different from the rest of the world…
COVID-19 likely a biological warfare: Iran MP
MNA – An Iranian lawmaker said the Parliament Security Commission and the Foreign Ministry will address the possibility of a biological warfare…
Teachers adapting to remote teaching as COVID-19 shuts schools
Iran Front Page – As schools remain shut down in Iran due to the outbreak of COVID-19 disease, teachers began using social…
COVID-19 defers runoff parliamentary vote in Iran
Tasnim – Iran’s Guardian Council agreed on Sunday to postpone the runoff election for the parliamentary seats until September due to the…
US sanctions impeding Iran’s efforts to fight Covid-19, says envoy
MNA – Iran’s envoy to the United Nations pointed to the necessity of lifting unilateral US sanctions as they are hampering efforts…
Iran COVID-19 updates: 10,075 infections, 429 deaths
MNA – Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Thursday that the number of coronavirus patients in Iran has climbed to 10,075,…