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2021-01-19 21:53
Intl. travels slump by 84% in Iran due to coronavirus
TEHRAN -- The average of international travels to and from Iran fell by 84 percent during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 20, 2020) from a year earlier.
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2021-01-15 14:13
Tehran Subway offering free-of-charge COVID-19 tests
TEHRAN - Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Operation Company (TUSROC) is providing passengers with COVID-19 tests free of charge at one of its stations.
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2021-01-15 10:33
U.S. adds Iranian COVID-19 vaccine developers to sanctions list
TEHRAN – The U.S. Department of the Treasury has added Mohammad Mokhber, the president of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order, and Barkat Ventures, which developed the first homegrown vaccine for the coronavirus, to OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list.
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2021-01-13 19:52
10,000 nurses hail Leader’s ‘wise’ stance on Covid-19 vaccine
TEHRAN – About 10,000 Iranian nurses have launched a campaign to thank the Leader of Islamic Revolution for his “wise and strong” positions on the Covid-19 vaccine and the issues faced by nurses and health workers in the country.
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2021-01-12 18:47
Fajr art festival to honor COVID-19 photographers
TEHRAN – The Fajr Festival of Visual Arts will be honoring the photographers who were active during the pandemic, were tested positive with CVODI-19, or died of COVID-19.
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2021-01-12 17:49
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Operation Headquarters come to contain coronavirus
TEHRAN – With the high prevalence of the pandemic in late October 2020, the Operation Headquarters for Coronavirus Control was established, which led to significant control of the disease in the country, as the number of high-risk “red” cities reduced from over 160 to 7.
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2021-01-11 15:02
Letter to Guterres: Iran criticizes WHO for biased support of ‘inadequately-tested American vaccine'
TEHRAN – The Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran has written a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, criticizing the World Health Organization for being biased in favor of inadequately-tested COVID-19 vaccines produced in the United States.
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2021-01-11 13:06
Iran plans to import AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from India, China, Russia
TEHRAN – Iran plans to import some two million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from India, China, and Russia by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20).
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2021-01-10 17:23
By Mehdi Garshasbi
Pushing COVID-19 ‘toward zero deaths’
TEHRAN - The second phase of a national plan named after martyr Qassem Soleimani will start at the beginning of the next Iranian calendar year (March 20), aiming to reduce the coronavirus deaths to zero.
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2021-01-09 20:10
Iran extends ban on UK flights as new coronavirus variant spreads
TEHRAN – Iran has extended the previously-imposed ban on flights to and from the United Kingdom, adding the ban also entails connecting flights at the European country that has become a hotspot for a new coronavirus variant.
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2021-01-09 17:50
Tehran, Havana form ‘strategic alliance’ to produce COVID-19 vaccine
TEHRAN - Kianoush Jahanpour, spokesman for Iran's Food and Drug Administration, has said Iran and Cuba have formed a ‘strategic alliance’ through working jointly on a project for producing a potential coronavirus vaccine.
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2021-01-08 15:36
Importing Pfizer vaccines ‘is no more the question’: Iranian Red Crescent Society
TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent society issued a statement on Friday, stressing that importing Pfizer vaccines made by the United States ‘is no more the question’.
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2021-01-08 12:22
Leader urges the West to alter misperceptions about Iran’s view on U.S. return to JCPOA
TEHRAN – In a televised appearance on Friday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei sought to dispel some misperceptions in some Western political circles about an alleged Iranian rush to get the United States to return to a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and major world powers.
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2021-01-05 19:00
Tehran in talks with Seoul over using frozen money to buy COVID-19 vaccines: Korean official
TEHRAN — Seoul and Tehran have been in talks over the use of Iran’s frozen money in South Korea under U.S. sanctions to purchase COVID-19 vaccines from a global procurement mechanism, a South Korean Foreign Ministry official said on Tuesday.
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2021-01-05 14:58
First case of mutated coronavirus identified in Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki announced on Tuesday that the first case of infection with the mutated coronavirus, which emerged in the United Kingdom, has been identified in the country.
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2021-01-04 17:46
IFRC appreciates Iran for emergency response efforts
TEHRAN - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has appreciated the Iranian Red Crescent Society for its efforts to implement emergency response programs during natural disasters.
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2021-01-03 20:41
Medical tourists to Mashhad at record low due to coronavirus curbs
TEHRAN - The coronavirus pandemic is hitting hard at medical tourism of Mashhad, which used to be a thriving destination for health-care seekers in pre-pandemic times.
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2021-01-03 17:47
By Mehdi Garshasbi
Braille, a means of social inclusion for the blind
World Braille Day, celebrated since 2019, is observed on January 4 to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for the blind and visually impaired people.
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2021-01-03 17:47
Next group of volunteers to receive Iranian COVID-19 vaccine
TEHRAN – The domestically-made coronavirus vaccine will be injected into four more volunteers this week provided that the health ministry’s approval is obtained.
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2021-01-03 13:43
Interview by Farrokh Hesabi
Consistency is key to Persepolis’ success: Ivankovic
TEHRAN – Ex-Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic says that the consistency has been a key to the team’s success over the past years.
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2021-01-02 20:02
By Afshin Majlesi
Emerging niches, changing tendencies: travel prospects in 2021 and beyond
Ubiquitous hand-sanitizers, face masks, social-distancing floor labels, nasal swabs, and new customer-service protocols were not part of the travel experience before the coronavirus pandemic. Nowadays, they are a regular part of the routine. But for how long?
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2021-01-02 17:56
No COVID-19 vaccines imported from South Korea, Iran says
TEHRAN – Iran has denied reports claiming that the country has imported a consignment of coronavirus vaccines from South Korea.
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2021-01-01 17:42
Iran, Cuba coproducing COVID-19 vaccine
TEHRAN - The Pasteur Institute of Iran in collaboration with a Cuban company is working on producing a potential vaccine for COVID-19.
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2020-12-30 19:35
By Farrokh Hesabi
Iran completely ready to host Asian Men’s Junior Handball C’ship: president
TEHRAN - President of Iran Handball Federation Alireza Pakdel says that the country is completely ready to host the 2020 Asian Men’s Junior Handball Championship.
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2020-12-30 18:05
Iran tests first homegrown coronavirus vaccine
The production line of the Iranian coronavirus vaccine with a capacity of 1.5 million doses per month will be launched within the next 40 days. By the next six months, vaccine production will reach up to 12 million doses per month. COVIRAN BAREKAT, the first Iranian coronavirus vaccine, was unveiled and injected into three volunteers with no symptoms such as shock and fever.
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2020-12-30 15:16
Asian Beach Games postponed once again
TEHRAN - The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced on Wednesday that the 6th Asian Beach Games, due to be held in Sanya City, China from April 2 to 10, 2021, have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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2020-12-29 18:15
Existing vaccines are effective against mutated coronavirus: Iranian expert
TEHRAN – The COVID-19 vaccines, which have been so far produced in the world are also effective on the mutated virus, so people who receive the vaccines will be protected against the new virus strain, Massoud Mardani, a member of the National Headquarters for Coronavirus Control, has said.
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2020-12-29 17:15
Photo: Maryam Kamyab
Iran tests first domestic coronavirus vaccine
TEHRAN - Iran started human trial of the first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine on December 29, 2020. Over 65,000 people have so far expressed readiness to receive the vaccine across the country. The production line of the Iranian coronavirus vaccine with a capacity of 1.5 million doses per month will be launched within the next 40 days and will increase to 12 million doses by the next six months.
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2020-12-29 16:42
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Iran tests first homegrown coronavirus vaccine
TEHRAN – COVIRAN BAREKAT, the first coronavirus vaccine made by Iranian researchers, was unveiled and injected into three volunteers during a ceremony on Tuesday.
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2020-12-28 18:10
Homegrown COVID-19 vaccine to be mass-produced in 40 days
TEHRAN – The production line of the Iranian coronavirus vaccine with a capacity of 1.5 million doses per month will be launched within the next 40 days.
