Iran will hold its 2021 presidential election on June 18, the Interior Ministry announced on Monday, as incumbent President Hassan Rouhani’s two four-year terms in office come to an end.
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Iran’s caseload from Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, surpassed 360,000 on Monday, health officials said. “The Health Ministry logged another 2,245 confirmed cases of the…
As of Sunday, Iran has recorded a total of 358,905 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 20,643 fatalities, health officials announced. “SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19…
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei advised against linking the country’s domestic economy to foreign developments, describing it as “a strategic mistake”.
The US attempt to restore sanctions on Iran might trigger a serious scandal at the UN Security Council and eventually undermine its authority, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an…
The United States was further isolated on Friday over its bid to reimpose international sanctions on Iran with 13 countries on the 15-member UN Security Council expressing their opposition,…
Iran’s daily coronavirus caseload dropped for the third consecutive day on Saturday, with 2,028 new infections, down by 178 compared to a day earlier. “The newly identified cases, only 34% of…
The Joint Commission of the 2015 nuclear deal is set to meet in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on Sept. 1 to discuss issues related to the signatories’ implementation of the agreement.
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog will visit Iran later this month, according to Iran's top nuclear official. Ali Akbar Salehi also said on Tuesday Yukiya Amano of the Vienna-based International…
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on the United Nations Security Council to dismiss the United States’ illegal move to restore all international sanctions on Iran using a…
Iran’s overnight fatalities from the coronavirus disease, Covid-19, dropped sharply to 112 on Friday, health officials said, down by nearly 30% compared to Wednesday. “The newly reported deaths…
President Hassan Rouhani said the United States’ new attempt to return all global sanctions against Iran through a mechanism envisioned in a United Nations resolution will certainly fail.…
Iran’s death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped the 20,000 mark on Wednesday, as over one million students sat for the nationwide tests to enter undergraduate and graduate programs. “…
South Korea and Iran were set to hold the first "working group" session on expanding humanitarian trade via video links on Tuesday, the Korean Foreign Ministry said.
Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Taskhiri, a member of the Assembly of Experts, died of heart failure on Tuesday at the age of 76 in Tehran’s Khatam-al-Anbya Hospital. He represented Tehran…
In view of the looming expiration of lockdown disciplines in Tehran, the head of the capital’s coronavirus taskforce has called for a two-week extension of the prevailing restrictions.
A senior Health Ministry official has called for the continued closure of schools and universities in the first semester of the new academic year, as well as a ban on all forms of gatherings in…
China on Monday welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposed summit of world leaders to avoid “confrontation” over a US threat to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on Iran. The…
The US attempt to use the mechanism foreseen in the 2015 nuclear deal to return all global sanctions on Tehran is "illegal" and "unacceptable", the Iranian foreign minister said. "…
Iran’s overnight fatalities due to the coronavirus outbreak dropped to its lowest in eight days on Sunday, although the Health Ministry’s Covid-19 Epidemiology Committee announced that the death…
The new Foreign Ministry spokesman officially assumed office on Sunday during a ceremony at the ministry attended by Iran’s chief diplomat, Mohammad Javad Zarif. Saeid Khatibzadeh…
President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday said his administration prefers a long-term solution to the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic to safeguard the people’s health and livelihood.
The United Nations Security Council’s rejection on Friday of the US bid to extend the arms embargo on Iran indicates Washington’s complete isolation at the global level, an Iranian diplomat said…
The Iranian mission to the world body called on the United Nations Security Council to stand up to an “illegal” and “ill-intentioned” move by the United States to extend an arms embargo against…
Iran strongly condemned the UAE’s decision to normalize diplomatic ties with Israel, describing it as an act of “strategic folly” that would undoubtedly lead to the reinforcement of the…
