Public compliance with safety guidelines issued to minimize the spread of coronavirus has dropped by 55%, a health official said, raising deep concerns over the nationwide reopenings.
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Russia and China have started making the case at the United Nations against Washington’s claim that it can trigger a return of all sanctions on Iran at the UN Security Council, with Moscow…
The European Union’s top diplomat said on Tuesday that since the United States in 2018 already withdrew from the international agreement curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions, it cannot now use its…
Venezuela’s government said on Monday that a flight carrying humanitarian aid related to the Covid-19 epidemic had arrived from Iran that has provided critical assistance to the South American…
The United States activated a set of sanctions it imposed on Iran’s shipping network six months ago, in a move expected to further hamper imports of food and medical supplies into Iran at a time…
Russia’s foreign minister said the Trump administration has unleashed a politically motivated campaign against Iran and called for “universal condemnation” of the US attempt to get the UN…
Expansion of testing and young population account for Iran’s lower mortality rate compared to countries hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic, a health official said.
Iran has lost its trust in the United States and the fruitfulness of negotiations with that country, a senior Iranian official said, adding that Washington needs to restore all that it has…
To date, nearly 174,000 have contracted the virus known to cause Covid-19 in Iran and 8,350 have lost their lives, a health official announced. More than 2,000 additional confirmed…
Iran’s UN ambassador said the US call for an extension of the United Nations Security Council's arms embargo on Tehran lacks legal standing in international law. In a tweet on Saturday, Majid…
New Iranian lawmakers maintain that holding talks with the United States that has already violated its previous commitments under the multinational 2015 nuclear deal is unwise and will have no…
Following the rapid reopening of businesses across Iran amid the coronavirus pandemic, a health official said infections in the capital Tehran are volatile and alarming. Health Ministry…
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s new report on the 2015 nuclear deal confirms that the verification of Iran’s nuclear program has continued since the agreement was enacted, an Iranian…
President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday Iran has no choice but to pursue economic goals, as it tries to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. During the coronavirus taskforce…
An Iranian-American scientist who had been imprisoned in the United States was freed and will soon be returning home in exchange for Iran’s release of a US navy veteran from jail.
Russia is defending Iran’s right to launch a satellite, dismissing US claims that Tehran was defying the UN resolution endorsing the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six major powers by…
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei commemorated the founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, on the 31st anniversary of his passing, saying the late leader…
Amid a new surge in Iran’s daily count of Covid-19 cases, President Hassan Rouhani suggested restrictions could be reimposed to curtail the deadly pandemic. Rouhani on Wednesday said public…
A top Iranian diplomat said Iran will freely trade weaponry with any country it sees fit once the United Nations arms embargo expires in October. The UN sanctions are set to expire in…
Iran has announced to the 2015 nuclear deal parties that the lifting of the United Nations’ arms embargo is not a right to be given up by the Islamic Republic, a top diplomat said.
The number of overnight confirmed coronavirus cases in Iran soared by nearly 3,000 on Monday, the highest single-day rise in two months. Iran registered 2,979 infections in the past 24 hours, a…
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has called on Iran to support peace talks with the Taliban during a phone call with President Hassan Rouhani on Monday. Ghani pointed to the “constructive role” of…
Iran’s confirmed coronavirus cases crossed 150,000 on Sunday, as the country rolled back on confinement measures despite a sharp rise in daily infections. Tally of Covid-19 cases in Iran…
Iran’s foreign minister rebuked the United States for the rampant violence against African Americans in the country, urging the entire world to wage a war against racism.
The recently-elected speaker of the Iranian Parliament said the new legislature is opposed to any negotiation or compromise with the United States and deems it “futile and harmful”.
