Coronavirus causes $1.5m loss to Iran’s top tourism site

TEHRAN – Iran’s Alisadr water cave, a top destination for domestic and foreign sightseers, researches, history buffs, and day-trippers, has taken 70 billion rials (about $1.5 million) hit from the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) over the last two months. 

Sadi National Day: constantly hectic mausoleum records unprecedented lockdown

TEHRAN – Photos depict mausoleum of Sheikh Muslih od-Din Sadi Shirazi, known by his pen name Sadi, being deserted amid COVID-19 pandemic on April 20, which marks the national day of the 13th-century Iranian poet.

Mahdavikia reveals reason why he didn't join Tottenham

TEHRAN- Former Iran winger Mehdi Mahdavikia has revealed that he had offer from Tottenham Hotspur in the prime of his career and fell into a deep depression after the transfer failed.

COVID-19 turns into topic of new Iranian game  

TEHRAN – Iranian game designer Keivan Malekmohammadi is working on a new android game with COVID-19 as its main topic.

Aqamiri institute to raise funds for healthcare staff, patients battling COVID-19

TEHRAN – The Aqamiri Illumination Art Institute has launched a campaign to raise funds for the healthcare staff and patients battling with the COVID-19 in the country.

 Kish Island, a Unique Role Model for Passing Coronavirus Crisis

Forgiving claims and rental fee of trade and service centers as well as cooperation of public and private sectors for passing coronavirus crisis on Kish Island can be considered as a unique and unparalleled role model for other parts of the country.

Takhti is my role model: Komeil Ghasemi

TEHRAN – Olympic gold medal winner Komeil Ghasemi says Iran’s legendary wrestler Gholamreza Takhti is his role model.

By Faranak Bakhtiari

How Iran could curb COVID-19 despite sanctions, restrictions?

TEHRAN – Since the first case of coronavirus was identified in Iran, the country has taken extensive measures to curb the spread of the disease, so that daily death toll has been declining over the past few days, unlike some other countries around the world which are still grappling with high casualties and infection.

By Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet 

Lessons on humanity from Persian literature 

All of Iran’s celebrations this year to mark Sadi Day on April 20 will be organized online due to the COVID-19 disaster. 

Alireza Karimi undergoes knee surgery

TEHRAN – Iranian wrestler Alireza Karimi Machiani underwent successful knee surgery on Sunday.

By Farrokh Hesabi

Expert predicts long-term effects of coronavirus on Iran’s football

TEHRAN - Bijan Zolfagharnasab, head of Iran Football Coaches Association (IFCA), believes that the pandemic coronavirus crisis could bring long term consequences for the Iranian football.

By Mahmood Monshipouri, professor at San Francisco State University

The post-coronavirus world order

At the earlier stages of the struggle against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, governments across the globe are still in a reaction mode and politicians are making decisions as they go.  

Iran unveils high-tech products to fight COVID-19

TEHRAN – Six Iranian-made products in the field of diagnosis, screening and fighting coronavirus were unveiled on Saturday in the presence of Sourena Sattari, Vice President for Science and Technology.

Stay at home and read a book: Morteza Mehrzad

TEHRAN – Iran sitting volleyball player Morteza Mehrzad has urged people to "stay at home and save lives".

Iranian painter’s “Mass Production” produced 8 years ago resembles image of COVID-19

TEHRAN – “Mass Production”, a painting done by Iranian artist Tara Behbahani for display at the Fifth Beijing International Art Biennale in 2012, surprisingly enough looks closely similar to the novel coronavirus image.

Iran football league still in limbo

TEHRAN – Sports Medicine Federation of Islamic Republic Iran (SMFIRI) announced that it will make a decision on whether Iran Professional League (IPL) will resume its 2019-20 season on May 4.

COVID-19 in Iran: daily death toll drops sharply to 73

TEHRAN - The Iranian Health Ministry reported that 73 coronavirus patients lost their lives in the country over the past 24 hours, a sharp decline compared with 89 deaths the day before.

World Bank, Islamic Development Bank to help Iran in fighting COVID-19

TEHRAN - The World Bank (WB) and the Islamic Development Bank will provide Iran with loans to support the country in fighting coronavirus. 

By M.A. Saki

Trump ‘could not have been more wrong’ on coronavirus: analyst

TEHRAN – American political analyst Martin Love believes that President Donald Trump has had a bad performance in handling the coronavirus crisis, saying, “He could not have been more wrong” on the pandemic.

By Ali Akbar Janabzadeh

Why New York?

Unlike New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo who well-meaningly called the novel coronavirus “the great equalizer”, recent evidence proves COVID-19 is anything but an equalizer at least when it comes to race. 

Iran’s ‘Taj Mahal’ marks Intl. Day for Monuments and Sites amid virus concerns

TEHRAN – As in previous years, the UNESCO-tagged Gonbad-e Soltaniyeh, sometimes referred to as Iran’s ‘Taj Mahal’, celebrated the International Day for Monuments and Sites, but this time, in an online program aimed to help stop transmission of the coronavirus, which is currently challenging the whole world.

Tehran, Seoul do not leave each other alone in COVID-19 battle

TEHRAN – Tehran mayor Pirouz Hanachi and Seoul mayor Park Won-soon shared their experiences on fighting coronavirus in an online meeting on Monday.

Cuban Biotechnology develops 15 projects to face the pandemic

Cuban scientists are working on 15 biotechnological projects to deal with COVID-19 that encompass diagnosis and treatment, officials from the BioCubaFarma entity announced.

Daily Covid-19 infections in Iran declines

TEHRAN - The Iranian Health Ministry reported that 1,499 new patients were infected with the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, a notable decrease compared with 1,606 in the same period the day before.

Coronavirus in Iran: daily death toll falls to 92

TEHRAN- Death toll from coronavirus in Iran fell to 92 on Thursday from 97 a day earlier.

Igor Kolakovic breaks silence on leaving Iran

TEHRAN – Igor Kolakovic has broken silence over leaving Iran national volleyball team.

By Yasir Ali Mirza

Why sanctions on Iran must end

Iran is among the worst-hit countries affected by the novel Coronavirus pandemic. As per the World Health Organization’s report, as of April 13, the COVID-19 confirmed cases have skyrocketed to 71, 686 and death toll to 4,474 marks. The situation is very grim in the country and the next few days are very crucial in fighting against the global pandemic. Its statistics are trailing behind the United States, Italy, China, Spain, Germany and France so far. It’s bearing the brunt of emergency health hazard coupled with crippling sanctions.

Ambassador says Iran expects India, world to stand up against sanctions

TEHRAN - The Iranian ambassador to New Delhi has said the Islamic Republic expects India and the rest of the international community to stand against the “unjust” U.S. sanctions that are hurting millions of Iranians amid the Covid-19 crisis.