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January 12, 2021 21:13
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December 25,2020Three days into Iran’s Covid-19 vaccine trial registration, over 27,000 have signed up to participate in the national drive to defeat the pandemic. -
December 25,2020In separate letters to Pope Francis and other world leaders, President Hassan Rouhani extended congratulations on Christmas, marking the birth anniversary of Prophet Jesus (PBUH). -
December 25,2020Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned the United States’ President Donald Trump against any adventurist measure in the Middle East in his final days in office, saying that would not divert... -
December 23,2020Iran recorded 153 overnight fatalities on Wednesday, its lowest daily death count since mid-September, as the third wave of infections subsided across the nation. -
December 23,2020Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations ruled out any possibility of the revision of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear issue, saying any such proposal... -
December 22,2020Despite the recent decline in Covid-19 cases and deaths in Iran, the deadly outbreak has not been contained in the Iranian capital Tehran, the head of the city’s coronavirus taskforce said. -
December 22,2020Iran maintains that a comprehensive political solution with the engagement of all Afghan groups is the best guarantee for sustainable peace in the war-torn country, the top Iranian diplomat said... -
December 21,2020The Foreign Ministry’s spokesman said the nuclear agreement signed between Iran and world powers in 2015, which has been endorsed by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, is not a... -
December 21,2020It is good news for the chances of reviving the Iran nuclear deal that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani recently announced that if the United States returns to the deal, Iran will also return, with... -
December 21,2020Iran is set to start human trials for a locally-developed Covid-19 vaccine within days, vaccinating 56 volunteers in the first stage of the trial, a member of the National Coronavirus Headquarters... -
December 21,2020Foreign ministers of parties to the 2015 nuclear deal held an online Joint Commission meeting on Monday to discuss the latest developments related to the agreement, formally known as the Joint... -
December 21,2020National security adviser to Afghanistan’s president, Hamdullah Mohib, is scheduled to visit Tehran on Tuesday for talks on bilateral and regional issues. -
December 20,2020Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday praised the work of nurses across the country during the coronavirus pandemic. -
December 20,2020President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday announced that in one month, the number of cities on the highest coronavirus alert has dived from 160 to zero, as stringent measures imposed in the past two... -
December 20,2020President Hassan Rouhani sent a message to Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani to express congratulations on the Arab country’s National Day. -
December 20,2020United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed the importance of global support for the 2015 nuclear deal, calling on member states to engage in trade with Iran in compliance with the... -
December 18,2020Iran's permanent representative to Vienna-based international organizations ruled out the need for an additional document to restore the 2015 nuclear deal, after the chief of the United Nations... -
December 18,2020President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday announced nightly curfew hours for Saturday and Sunday ahead of Yalda celebrations, as his administration ramped up efforts to prevent a fourth coronavirus... -
December 16,2020Representatives of Iran and five remaining parties to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action convened an online meeting on Wednesday where they scheduled a ministerial meeting for Dec. 21... -
December 15,2020Deaths caused by Covid-19 across Tehran Province have dropped, the province’s governor general said on Tuesday. “Although we have not reached stable circumstances,” Anoushirvan Mohseni-Bandpey... -
December 15,2020President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday Tehran’s missile program was non-negotiable and that US President-elect Joe Biden is “well aware of it”. -
December 15,2020Iran is negotiating with India, Russia and China to buy Covid-19 vaccines, although unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States have prevented any transaction, the Health Ministry said on... -
December 14,2020Health Minister Saeed Namaki announced late Saturday that the third wave of Covid-19 infections in Iran has been brought under control with only 23 cities remaining on red alert. -
December 14,2020Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi, who is in Kabul for top-level consultations, said the Iran-Afghanistan strategic plan will be finalized soon. -
December 13,2020Iran’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, Austria, has called on the International Atomic Energy Agency to maintain its impartiality in the face of pressure by the...
