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September 29, 2020 19:44
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August 23,2020The 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... -
August 23,2020Leader 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”. -
August 22,2020Iran’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. -
August 22,2020International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi is set to travel to Iran on Monday to discuss ongoing interaction and cooperation between Iran and the global body. -
August 22,2020The 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, arguing... -
August 22,2020The 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. -
August 21,2020Iran’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. -
August 21,2020Foreign 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 mechanism... -
August 19,2020Iran’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. -
August 19,2020President 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. -
August 18,2020Ayatollah 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. -
August 18,2020South 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.
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August 18,2020In 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. -
August 17,2020A 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... -
August 17,2020China 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. -
August 16,2020The 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. "Americans know... -
August 16,2020Iran’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... -
August 16,2020The new Foreign Ministry spokesman officially assumed office on Sunday during a ceremony at the ministry attended by Iran’s chief diplomat, Mohammad Javad Zarif. -
August 15,2020President 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. -
August 15,2020The 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... -
August 14,2020The 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... -
August 14,2020The unabated spread of coronavirus pandemic in Iran’s capital prompted officials to extend both a remote working policy and the suspension of the city’s restricted traffic zone to thin out its... -
August 14,2020Iran 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 resistance... -
August 14,2020Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has traveled to Lebanon to take stock of the latest developments following the recent deadly explosion in Beirut and discuss Iran’s relief aid to the disaster-... -
August 12,2020An Iranian senior diplomat said the United States was forced to retreat from its draft resolution on extending Iran’s arms embargo due to the opposition by members of the United Nations Security...
