COVID-19: Iran reports 55,743 infections, 3,452 deaths

TEHRAN- The total number of people diagnosed with the coronavirus in Iran has reached 55,743, of whom 3,452 have died and 19,736 recovered.

Iran likens remarks by German health minister to April fool's joke

TEHRAN - The Iranian embassy in Berlin on Friday responded to the German health minister's claim that Tehran's actions against the Coronavirus are not transparent, saying that these remarks are more like an April fools’ joke.

Fairgrounds converted into 2,000-bed hospital within 48 hours

The Iranian Army has converted the Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds into a field hospital with 2,000 beds to prepare for a probable surge of COVID-19 patients.

Iran’s fight against COVID-19 to improve noticeably in coming days: health minister

TEHRAN – As more new cases of the coronavirus infection are identified in the country, those undergone treatments will improve and Iran’s situation in fight against the pandemic will improve noticeably in coming days, Health Minister Saeed Namaki has announced.

UNWTO calls for action to help virus-hit tourism

TEHRAN – The UNITED Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has recently released a set of recommendations, calling for urgent and strong support to help the global tourism sector in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic that has crippled traveling and jeopardized related jobs all over the globe.

Iranian ambassador bashes racist propaganda during COVID-19 crisis

While the world witnesses the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, all countries should shoulder their responsibility and provide joint leadership, especially in the United Nations, the Iranian Ambassador to China, Mohammad Keshavarz Zadeh, has told China.org.cn.

Coronavirus cases in Iran rise to 53,183, death toll hits 3,294

TEHRAN- The total number of people diagnosed with the coronavirus in Iran has reached 53,183, of whom 3,294 have died and 17,935 recovered.

Rouhani: All organizations served people during Nowruz

TEHRAN - President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday night that all organizations served people in the first two weeks of the Persian New Year (Nowruz), which started on March 20.

Iranian medical body: History will judge silence of world bodies toward cruel sanctions

TEHRAN - The Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran has written to the UN to complain about the world’s body failure to push for the lifting of cruel U.S. sanctions at a critical time when Iran is fighting a deadly coronavirus pandemic, Press TV reported on Thursday.

AS Roma praises devoted Iranian couple doctors in fight against Covid-19

TEHRAN- Italian professional football club, AS Roma, in its official Twitter account has praised an Iranian doctor and her husband for their commitment in fight against the coronavirus.

UN chief says Covid-19 is worst crisis since World War II

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that the world faces the most challenging crisis since World War II, confronting a pandemic threatening people in every country, one that will bring a recession “that probably has no parallel in the recent past.”

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U.S. multiple goals for possible military action in Iraq

TEHRAN– The spread of the coronavirus and its devastating impact on the US economy and US efforts to reduce Iran's regional influence are possible motives behind US potential military action in Iraq.

Medical Council chief warns Rouhani about fanciful imagination to control Covid-19

TEHRAN – Mostafa Moin, the chief of the Medical Council of Iran, has written a letter to President Hassan Rouhani saying it is necessary to avoid presenting a "semi-normal” picture of the situation in the country as the Covid-19 is taking disproportionate tolls on Iranian citizens, ISNA reported on Tuesday.

Hashemi writes to global metropolises on the need to lift Iran sanctions amid Covid-19 crisis

TEHRAN - The chairman of the Tehran City Council, Mohsen Hashemi, planned to write a letter to the heads of a number of metropolises across the world about the need to lift sanctions on Iran as the country is grappling with the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus, the council’s spokesman Ali A’ta announced on Tuesday.

Iranian Defense Ministry produces high-quality test kits

TEHRAN – The Iranian Defense Ministry on Monday unveiled a new generation of test kits that can detect the Covid-19 in three hours with 98 percent accuracy, Mehr reported.

Tokyo Olympics confirm next year's dates

TEHRAN - The postponed Tokyo Olympics will be held from July 23 to August 8 in 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed.

Covid-19: Iran reports 3,111 news cases, 2,898 deaths

TEHRAN- Over the past 24 hours, 3,111 new cases of the coronavirus patient were reported in Iran and the number of people who have died of the virus reached 2,898.

FM Zarif urges the world not to obey immoral and illegal sanctions on Iran

Zarif: U.S. moves against Iran ‘even exceed what would be permissible on the battlefield’

TEHRAN - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that the U.S. “economic terrorism” on Iran has been expanding to the new level of “medical terrorism” which is not even permissible on the battlefield.

Coronavirus in Iran: 50,468 infected, 3,160 dead

TEHRAN- The total number of people diagnosed with the coronavirus in Iran has reached 50,468, of whom 3,160 have died and 16,711 recovered.

Vaccine and antiviral medicine must be developed to contain Covid-19, president says

'We must tap all experiences around world': Rouhani

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said late on Saturday that Iran must tap all experiences around the world in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

UN chief urges rolling back sanctions to contain coronavirus pandemic

United Nations leadership on Tuesday called for rolling back international sanctions regimes around the world, saying they are heightening the health risks for millions of people and weakening the global effort to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, Foreign Policy reported on March 24.

Ongoing situation more dangerous than world wars: Nasrallah

TEHRAN - Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement Hassan Nasrallah has said that the situation the world is facing is more dangerous than the first and second world wars, noting nobody knows whether the EU and the U.S. will collapse or not.

Sanctions on Iran will hinder global response to coronavirus, Iranian envoy to UN warns

Majid Ravanchi, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, has said the illegal U.S. sanctions on Iran is “badly impeding Iran’s efforts to contain” the coronavirus pandemic.

Today the Iranian nation's combat is against COVID-19: Basij commander

TEHRAN - Brigadier General Gholamreza Soleimani, the commander of the Basij Organization, said on Saturday that through hard efforts, Iran could turn the unpleasant situation created by COVID-19 into an opportunity.

Iran pays for 90% of coronavirus patients

Rouhani: It is ‘great betrayal’ if a coronavirus patient hides his disease

TEHRAN - President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that it is a “great betrayal” if somebody who is infected with the coronavirus hides his disease.

U.S. dangerous moves in Iraq, possibility of bloody coup

TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump is making dangerous moves in Iraq while the world is fighting against coronavirus outbreak.

‘Inhuman sanctions on Iran are driven by secretaries of hate’

TEHRAN - Alireza Miryousefi, director of the Media Office of the Iranian Mission to the United Nations, on Friday described the new U.S.  sanctions on Iran as an example of “inhuman policy” driven by "Secretaries of Hate".

Iran says welcomes any initiative that stops war in Yemen

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Tehran welcomes any initiative that leads to stopping war in Yemen and ends the blockade on the country.