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2020-07-31 18:37
New rules for traveling to Iran to take effect Saturday
TEHRAN – New regulations and instructions for traveling to Iran will take effect tomorrow as the country is fighting back against the global spread of the coronavirus, ISNA reported on Friday.
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2020-07-28 15:14
Coronavirus pandemic reduces Iran’s exports to Turkey by 90%
TEHRAN- The coronavirus pandemic has decreased Iran’s exports to Turkey by 90 percent, the chairman of Iran-Turkey Joint Chamber of Commerce told ILNA on Tuesday.
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2020-07-27 19:02
Iran produces anti-corona medicine “Tocilizumab”
TEHRAN – The drug “Tocilizumab”, confirmed to be effective in the coronavirus treatment, has been produced in Iran and will be distributed in hospitals by the next two weeks, IRNA reported on Monday.
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2020-07-24 21:00
Tehran museums reopen after weeklong halt
TEHRAN – Museums in Tehran have reopened their doors to the public after one week of closure following the increase in the number of people infected with the coronavirus, ILNA reported.
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2020-07-17 19:43
Coronavirus: extraordinary flight to return Iranians living in Austria
TEHRAN – Iran’s flag carrier Iran Air has announced it will operate an extraordinary flight to return Iranians living in Vienna, Austria, amid COVID-19 pandemic, IRNA news agency reported on Friday.
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2020-07-15 18:24
Iran to start producing COVID-19 drug remdesivir next week
TEHRAN – Iran will start producing the antiviral agent remdesivir for the treatment of coronavirus patients next week, Health Minister Saeed Namaki said on Wednesday.
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2020-07-11 17:25
Coronavirus halves road accident casualties in Iran
TEHRAN – Traffic-related accidents and mortalities have decreased by 50 percent over the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 20) compared to the same period last year due to the outbreak of coronavirus which has slashed travels across the country.
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2020-07-11 14:18
Cross-border trade running despite coronavirus pandemic
TEHRAN- The spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said that Iran’s trade is running through the borders with the neighboring countries except for two neighbors.
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2020-07-10 17:41
U.S. political approach fails in global coronavirus fight, Iran says
TEHRAN – The United States has practically failed in the fight against COVID-19 by taking a political approach toward the global crisis, said Iranian Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari.
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2020-07-08 17:52
450 knowledge-based companies producing anti-corona equipment
TEHRAN – About 450 knowledge-based companies are active in the country for manufacturing protective equipment and treatment products to fight the coronavirus, Mehdi Kashmiri, director for technology and planning at the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, said.
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2020-07-07 17:58
Iran, Australia share experience on fight against coronavirus, wildfires
TEHRAN – Karim Hemmati, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), and Lyndall Sachs, the Australian Ambassador to Iran, discussed ways to expand cooperation through exchanging experience on battling COVID-19 and wildfires.
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2020-07-07 17:43
COVID-19 rings alarm bells in Iran as daily deaths surge to 200
TEHRAN – The number of daily COVID-19 mortalities in the country hit a new record high of 200 on Tuesday and the total number of deaths reached 11,931, as officials warn of an alarming situation in the days ahead.
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2020-07-05 21:00
Lorestan province to hold fam tour despite pandemic
TEHRAN – Lorestan tourism department is scheduled to hold a familiarization tour in a bid to promote traveling to the western province.
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2020-07-04 23:03
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Health network playing a key role in fighting coronavirus
TEHRAN - Jafar Sadeq Tabrizi, the director of health network department at the Ministry of Health, has said the health network has been playing a key role in fighting the coronavirus pandemic mostly through holding seminars, equipping medical centers, and implementing screening tests and family physician programs across the country.
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2020-06-29 16:42
Rise of coronavirus deaths in Iran worrisome
TEHRAN – The COVID-19 new cases and mortality in the country show an alarming increase in comparison to previous days, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari has said.
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2020-06-28 17:27
Iran makes face mask compulsory to contain pandemic
TEHRAN – In an attempt to slow down the spread of the coronavirus, wearing face masks has been made mandatory in public and crowded places, ISNA news agency reported.
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2020-06-27 16:47
Luka Bonacic returns to Zob Ahan
TEHRAN – Luka Bonacic has returned to Iran once again. The 65-year-old Croat has been appointed as Zob Ahan coach for rest of Iran Professional League (IPL) season.
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2020-06-26 19:30
The Bahamas to lift travel restrictions for Iran
TEHRAN - The Bahamas is scheduled to lift travel restrictions from Iran and other previously excluded countries such as China, the Republic of Korea, and some European states, its Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.
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2020-06-26 16:56
Coronavirus: 110 Iranians return home from Tajikistan
TEHRAN – A flight taken to Tajikistan brought back 110 Iranians to the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, IRIB news agency reported on Thursday.
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2020-06-21 19:37
FFIRI responds to four clubs over coronavirus concerns
TEHRAN - Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI), in a statement, responded to four Iran Professional League (IPL) teams’ claims about the resumption of the matches, insisted that the four teams are not allowed to decide for 140 teams in the different leagues of the Iranian football.
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2020-06-15 17:16
Kindergartens reopen after 4 months of lockdown
TEHRAN – After four-months of lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, kindergartens across the country began their activities observing social distancing rules and health protocols, Mehr reported.
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2020-06-10 18:46
Monthly non-oil exports improve 60% as pandemic restrictions ease
TEHRAN - Head of Iran Export Confederation Mohammad Lahouti says the country’s export has improved in the recent weeks following the removal of some corona-related restrictions in the borders, IRIB reported on Wednesday.
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2020-06-10 14:31
Iran, an exporter of anti-corona medical items
TEHRAN - Iranian Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Farhad Dejpasand said despite the great demand for anti-corona medical items in the early days of the pandemic, Iran has become an exporter of such products.
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2020-06-09 19:26
Why COVID-19 claims fewer lives in Iran compared to many other countries?
TEHRAN – Fortunately, compared to many countries in the world, the mortality rate of coronavirus in Iran is significantly lower than in many developed countries, Ehsan Mostafavi, director of the research center for emerging and re-emerging diseases of the Pasteur Institute of Iran has said.
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2020-06-09 19:07
Kindergartens to reopen under health protocols amid pandemic
TEHRAN – Kindergartens across the country will reopen on June 13 observing health protocols with a maximum capacity of 50 percent with the priority given to children of working parents.
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2020-06-08 15:55
Iran’s Mehran border crossing with Iraq reopened
TEHRAN - Iran's Mehran crossing on the border with Iraq, which had been closed since early March due to the outbreak of coronavirus, was reopened on Monday, ISNA reported, quoting the spokesman of Islamic Republic of Iran's Customs Administration (IRICA).
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2020-05-30 21:17
World Milk Day: drink healthy milk, fight coronavirus
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Health has called on people to join celebrating the World Milk Day 2020 with the slogan “drink healthy milk, fight coronavirus”.
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2020-05-29 17:42
Mustafa Prize convenes experts to discuss coronavirus
TEHRAN - Prominent Muslim scientists and health experts from over ten countries worldwide met virtually on Thursday within the framework of the 7th Science and Technology Exchange Program (STEP) to address scientific and technological collaboration in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
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2020-05-27 22:07
‘Sympathetic Iran’ donates $35m to families affected by COVID-19
TEHRAN – A national campaign called Iran-e Hamdel (literally meaning sympathetic Iran) has collected 1.5 trillion rials (nearly $35 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) to help the financially struggling families affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
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2020-05-27 17:32
Iran sends anti-corona medical supplies to Afghanistan
TEHRAN – A plane carrying medical aid provided by Iranian people and the private sector landed at Kabul airport on Tuesday, IRNA news agency reported.
