With Iran’s daily coronavirus death toll remaining below 400 for the second consecutive day, Health Minister Saeed Namaki called the decline “a valuable accomplishment”, but urged the people not…
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Last month’s coronavirus-related protocols introduced in 89 counties across Iran have significantly reduced transmission rates, President Hassan Rouhani said, boosting optimism over the effect…
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday has called on the authorities to prosecute those who assassinated a prominent Iranian scientist and continue the martyr…
Iran’s tally of Covid-19 infections surged past 900,000, as the country reported its largest single-day jump in cases on Friday, prompting the government to further tighten restrictions to stem…
The recent lockdown measures adopted in the capital has thinned out the city’s overcrowded public transit, the head of Tehran’s Coronavirus Taskforce said. “The number of passengers has dropped…
Iran plans to procure 18 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine from one of the three international manufacturers who have so far reported their product to be highly effective against the…
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called on Iranian officials to focus their efforts on nullifying the effects of sanctions instead of seeking their removal, as it…
Iran’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…
Iran’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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The 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…
Iran’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”. …
Iran’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…
Iran 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. Some 13,260 were diagnosed with…
Foreign 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…
Any 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…
Hesameddin Ashena, an adviser to Iranian president, stressed the importance of "non-intervention of trans-regional powers" in the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis. He made the statement in separate…
Confirmed 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. “A record 13,…
Mohammad 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.
The 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.
Iran’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. Addressing a Monday…
With 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…
President 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…
Twitter 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. Zanganeh was hit…
Iranian 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…
The 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. “The fresh cases took…
