Iran calls for solidarity against pandemic, condemns US sanctions
Reuters – Iran called on Monday for global solidarity against the pandemic, but said that unilateral sanctions are “inhumane” and causing “unnecessary…
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Tehran City Council chairman writes letter to 25 counterparts to help lift “brutal sanctions”
IRNA – The Chairman of the Islamic City Council of Tehran in a message to his counterparts in 25 metropolis cities throughout…
World Council of Churches calls for lifting US sanctions against Iran
MNA – In a letter to the chairman of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization Ebrahimi Torkaman World Council of Churches (WCC)…
US holds world record in lying: Iran Health Ministry
Press TV – Iran’s Ministry of Health has roundly rejected US claims that it has enabled the establishment of a sanctions-free channel…
Iran makes own ventilators to make up for sanctions-driven shortage
Press TV – Iran has unveiled its first domestically-built ventilator. This comes as Iran cannot get its hands on medical equipment due…
Zarif: Humanity defeats COVID19, US economic terrorism
IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Saturday that Humanity defeats coronavirus and the US economic terrorism. Zarif wrote…
Russia’s Lavrov: US’ ‘illegal’ sanctions hamper Iran’s fight against coronavirus pandemic
Press TV – Russia has voiced “complete solidarity” with Iran in the face of the United States’ illegal and inhumane sanctions, which have…
As Iran faces virus, Trump Admin fails to use Swiss channel to ease medical exports
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj and Sahil Shah: Just a few days after Iran announced its first deaths from COVID-19 in…
Developed nations can learn from developing states in coronavirus fight
Iran Review | Ali Amiri: I’m working in medical equipment supplier company. I have to go to many hospitals and medical laboratories…
The US takes a small, insufficient step to help Iran control its COVID outbreak
Iran Review | Shervin Ghaffari: A leaked USAF intelligence report highlights growing concern about the impact of sanctions amid the global pandemic.…
US’ antihuman actions posed challenges to Iran’s programmes to fight coronavirus: Rouhani
President.ir – The President called on all countries to cooperate and assist each other in the fight against coronavirus, emphasising that human…
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…
Chomsky: Maintaining sanctions on Iran amid coronavirus is ‘sheer sadism’
Tehran Times – Renowned American scholar Noam Chomsky has said it is “sheer sadism” that that the United States maintains sanctions on…
Coronavirus makes clear that Biden should overhaul the hardline approach Trump and some Democrats take on Iran
Iran Review | Yasmine Taeb and Sina Toossi: As Democrats coalesce around presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden, they should seek to secure…
Big powers urged to freeze sanctions on Syria, Iran, Venezuela during virus
Reuters – Major powers must suspend economic sanctions against countries including Syria, Iran and Venezuela during the coronarivus pandemic which threatens to…
Sanctions and sickness
Iran Review | Vira Ameli: In the current global pandemic, Iran occupies a unique position. One of the first countries to experience…
US anti-Iranian sanctions in violation of human rights: Rouhani
MNA – In a telephone conversation with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani lamented the unfair US sanctions on 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…
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…
Spain, EU should counter US attempt to deprive Iran of IMF loan: President
Tasnim – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the European Union and Spain to take stances against the US government’s illegal attempt to…
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…
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’s coverage: US pressure on Iran during coronavirus outbreak is ‘inhumane’: Rouhani
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: President urges Italy’s action against US attempt to block Iran’s IMF loan…
Iranian Gov’t spokesman blasts US lies about sanctions on medicine
FNA – Iranian Government Spokesman Ali Rabiyee rapped Washington for lying about exclusion of medical equipment and drugs from sanctions against Tehran.…
Iran’s nurses are martyrs to Trump’s maximum pressure
Bourse and Bazaar | Negar Mortazavi: Narjes Khanalizadeh was a 25-year-old nurse in Gilan, a province along the Caspian Sea in northern…
Transatlantic call to ease humanitarian trade with Iran due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Iran Review – A bipartisan group of two dozen American and European national security leaders issue a joint statement urging the US…
How embargo on transfer of funds into Iran is hurting Iranians abroad
Iran Review – Over the past 40 years, American imperialism has made life incredibly rough for those in the Middle East. If…
Russia stresses formation of anti-sanctions campaign
MNA – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov reiterated Moscow’s opposition to the US’ unilateral sanctions against Iran, calling for the formation…
Coronavirus removes anti-terrorism mask off US sanctions’ face: Gov’t spox
IRNA – Government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Saturday that coronavirus pandemic disclosed the reality of the US sanctions and removed the…
Iran fighting two viruses: Sanctions, COVID-19: President Rouhani
Tasnim – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the country is currently facing and battling two viruses, namely the anti-Iran sanctions and…
FM: US sanctions seriously hinder Iran’s anti-coronavirus efforts
FNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif appreciated China for its medical aid to his country to fight against COVID-19 virus,…
Iran’s Envoy to Spain: Iran only country deprived of medicine imports due to US sanctions
Iranian Diplomacy – Iran’s ambassador to Spain said his country is the only state in the world that cannot buy medicine and…
Zarif lambastes US for defunding WHO
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister in a message on Wednesday criticized US for defunding the World Health Organization (WHO), saying US bullying…
Sen. Murphy: Trump’s Iran policy could cause ‘the Death of Innocent People’ by coronavirus
The National Interest – The senator warned that humanitarian exemptions are not wide enough. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) warned on Monday that…
Why sanctions on Iran must end
Press TV | Yasir Ali Mirza: Iran is among the worst-hit countries affected by the novel Coronavirus pandemic. As per the World…
Virus becomes latest battle between Iran, US amid tensions
AP | JON GAMBRELL: Even as both face the same invisible enemy in the coronavirus pandemic, Iran and the United States remain…
China urges US to lift bans, stop hampering Iran’s COVID-19 response
Tasnim – China’s Ambassador to Tehran Chang Hua called on the US to immediately remove its sanctions against Iran and stop hampering…
Sanctions illegitimately block Iran’s money and loan request
IRNA – The United States’ unilateral, extraterritorial sanctions are in contradiction with the principles of international law, including territoriality, non-intervention, free trade,…