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November 24, 2020 01:34
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November 24,2020Iran’s Health Ministry on Monday recorded over 450 deaths caused by SARS-CoV-2 in one day, pushing the national toll past 45,000, as the country entered the third day of nationwide restrictions to... -
November 22,2020Iran’s National Coronavirus Taskforce on Saturday began to impose strict travel restrictions and closed down non-essential businesses as part of efforts to stem the disease.
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November 21,2020The administration of the United States President Donald Trump has imposed a new set of sanctions on Iran in a last-ditch attempt to ramp up economic pressure on Tehran before he leaves office in... -
November 21,2020Iran’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna said calling on Iran to return to full compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal while it is deprived of its legitimate benefits... -
November 21,2020Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned the recent United Nations resolution drafted by Canada about the country’s human rights situation as “unacceptable and lacking legal credibility”. -
November 21,2020Iran begins to enforce localized lockdown across the country on Saturday to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus, as cases and deaths continue to climb. -
November 19,2020Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran would immediately return to full compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal after the United States resumes its adherence to the UN Security Council... -
November 19,2020Hesameddin Ashena, an adviser to Iranian president, stressed the importance of "non-intervention of trans-regional powers" in the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis. -
November 19,2020Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian, the special representative of Iranian foreign minister, held talks with the Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Mohammad Haneef Atmar in Kabul on Wednesday. -
November 19,2020Any attack on Iran by the United States would face a “crushing” response, Iran’s government spokesman said on Tuesday, following reports US President Donald Trump asked for options for a strike on... -
November 19,2020Confirmed cases of the coronavirus outbreak in Iran exceeded 800,000 on Wednesday, as the government prepared to impose a large-scale lockdown to stem the spread of the contagion. -
November 17,2020With the date for the lockdown of 150 cities across Iran fast approaching, Health Minister Saeed Namaki on Tuesday warned that the next two weeks are pivotal in “the history of the nation’s fight... -
November 18,2020Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations said the UN Security Council is falling short of legitimacy and credibility, calling for reforms in the council. -
November 18,2020The foreign ministers of Iran and the United Kingdom discussed bilateral cooperation within the framework of the 2015 nuclear deal in a phone conversation on Monday. -
November 16,2020Twitter has suspended Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh’s page on Monday, following the United States’ recent batch of sanctions targeting Iran’s petroleum industry. -
November 16,2020President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday has ordered a widespread lockdown of cities hit hardest by the coronavirus outbreak starting next Saturday, as daily infections and deaths are setting new records... -
November 15,2020Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has urged the new American administration to resume honoring the 2015 nuclear deal without any preconditions and make up for losses inflicted on... -
November 15,2020The number of newly-identified coronavirus cases continue to climb in Iran, with the Health Ministry registering a record high of 12,543 daily infections on Sunday. -
November 14,2020Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei extended condolences on the demise of Hojjatoleslam Javad Ejei who died of the coronavirus disease, known as Covid-19, at the age of 72. -
November 14,2020President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday said starting next Saturday, his government will impose stricter and localized quarantine measures in Iran to ward off the outbreak. On Nov. 21, all non-... -
November 14,2020Deaths from the Covid-19 epidemic in Iran went past 40,000 on Thursday, as authorities mulled over shutting down cities hit hardest by the virus to give the country’s strained healthcare system... -
November 14,2020The United States’ special representative for Iran claimed on Thursday that a pressure campaign of sanctions targeting Iran would persist into the administration of Joe Biden, even as the president... -
November 11,2020Both coronavirus infections and deaths set new records in Iran on Wednesday, with cases soaring past 11,500, following which members of the National Coronavirus Taskforce said nothing short of a... -
November 10,2020President Hassan Rouhani underlined Iran’s principled policy of strengthening good neighborliness, confidence-building and dialogue with neighboring states. -
November 10,2020Coronavirus infections in Iran topped the 700,000 mark on Tuesday, as the Health Ministry announced ramping up daily testing capacity to 100,000 to prevent the spread of the contagion.
