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Grand Prize Event to Attract Innovative Idea and Design in Organizing Festival on Kish Island

Kish Occasions and Festivals Institute in cooperation with the Kish Institute of Science and Technology and Tourism Deputy Office of Kish Free Zone Organization [KFZO] hold:

Iran dismisses U.S. scapegoating of China over COVID-19

TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Friday rejected the United States’ blame game against China, calling on independent countries to stand up to the U.S. bullying.

Football leagues will resume behind closed doors: Hassan Rouhani

TEHRAN – Iran football leagues will resume after the holy month of Ramadan, President Hassan Rouhani said.

Iran football league to resume season in late June

TEHRAN – Iran Professional League (IPL) can complete the season as the government have given the green light to restart the league in late June.

Half of Iran’s hotels reopened after taking hit from coronavirus

TEHRAN – Some 50 percent of hotels across Iran have so far been reopened after the hospitality industry took a severe hit from coronavirus pandemic in both at the national and international levels.

Half-priced discounts approved for medical staff in post-coronavirus

TEHRAN – Iranian tourism minister on Monday announced that 676 four- and five-star hotels, eco-lodge units, and hotel apartments have announced their readiness to offer half-priced discounts to medical professionals after the coronavirus pandemic is defeated.

By Martin Love

American “exceptionalism” is fading at warp speed…

Americans, at least 80 percent of over 320 million souls, are getting walloped by one thing or another. They are having a hard time coping, and while the coping problems may be their own fault either from ignorance or a lack of broad perspective, what’s going on is really not their fault. The United States looks like what it has often claimed other countries are, and often because of U.S foreign policies and war mongering: a “failed” or failing state. So, what is this?

No new coronavirus-like disease has emerged: expert

TEHRAN – An Iranian specialist in infectious diseases and a member of the National Committee for Influenza has rejected rumors that a new disease similar to the coronavirus has emerged in parts of the world that mostly inflicts children.

By Faranak Bakhtiari

Iran’s social, religious unity ‘a world model for coronavirus response’

TEHRAN – Iran could considerably reduce COVID-19 infections and death toll since the onset of the outbreak, the reason behind which is mainly social and religious unity among Iranians that can be run as a role model anywhere in the world, Alireza Marandi, head of Iran’s Academy of Medical Sciences has said.

Iran’s priority is to continue the leagues, official says

TEHRAN- The Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) official said the federation and the football league organization do not want to see half-finished league getting abandoned.

Iran to support film projects on COVID-19 

TEHRAN – Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation (FCF) announced on Sunday that it will support projects on COVID-19 in a program named “Corona Narrative: Recording Eternal Moments”.

WHO provides Iran with 100,000 COVID-19 test kits

TEHRAN – The World Health Organization has delivered 100,000 coronavirus diagnostic kits to Iran, health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, ISNA reported on Saturday.

Iran football league plans to test players for COVID-19

TEHRAN- Iran Football League Organization plans to test players and staff on a regular basis.

COVID-19 cuts foreign arrivals in Iran by 15.8%: UNWTO

TEHRAN – Iran has suffered an average 15.8 percent fall in foreign arrivals during the first three months of 2020 compared to the same period last year, according to data released by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) that analyzes impact of the COVID-19 on international tourism.

By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan

Dubai Expo 2020 postponement to affect UAE economy

TEHRAN– While Expo 2020 Dubai has been postponed one year due to the coronavirus pandemic, some experts believe that the postponement will have a big impact on the UAE economy and derails at least temporarily a range of tech projects.

Iran’s handicraft exports hit $427m in 11 months

TEHRAN – – Iran exported $427 million worth of handicrafts during the first eleven months of the past calendar year 1398 (ended March 19).

Oman sends anti-COVID-19 consignment to Iran

TEHRAN – Oman has dispatched a batch of sanitary and medical items to Iran to help the neighboring country in the fight against coronavirus.

By Salman Parviz

Politicizing Covid-19

Trump’s reactions as U.S. president and medic-in-chief

Before the Covid-19 pandemic I dreaded at my certainty that U.S. President Donald Trump stands a good chance for re-election in November. However, Trump’s behavior and reactions have given me some hope. Can Trump administration’s poor response to the pandemic cost him the elections in November? 

No easy draw in AFC U19 Championship: Sirous Pourmousavi

TEHRAN - Sirous Pourmousavi, head coach of Iran national U20 football team, believes that all the teams in the 2020 AFC U19 Championship are strong and there is no easy draw.

ICRC lauds Iran’s significant measures in fight against coronavirus

TEHRAN – Barbara Rizzoli, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation in Tehran, has said the actions taken by the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) to battle COVID-19 outbreak were very significant in various fields, including prevention and treatment.

WHO launches “Save Lives: Clean your hands” campaign to slow COVID-19 spread

TEHRAN – The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a campaign, calling upon policymakers to provide the necessary infrastructure to allow people to electively perform hand hygiene in public places in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus.

Envoy: Iran starts to export COVID-19 test kits to Germany, Turkey

TEHRAN — Iran has started to export coronavirus diagnostic kits to a number of countries, including Germany and Turkey, Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad announced on Wednesday.

Persepolis to lodge complaint against Anthony Stokes

TEHRAN – Iranian football club Persepolis are going to file a complaint against Irish striker Anthony Stokes.

First Iranian footballer dies from coronavirus

TEHRAN – Mohsen Bavi, a player of the Shariati Kut-e Abdullah Karun football team in Ahvaz, died due to coronavirus on Tuesday.

By Afshin Majlesi

Normal life not a distant dream as Tehran sees drop in new corona cases

The average death toll from COVID-19 pandemic in Iran has been on the decline, and also in the capital Tehran, over the past couple of weeks, thanks to a temporary lockdown introduced earlier in March.

By Faranak Bakhtiari

Coronavirus brought healthcare reforms into sharp focus

TEHRAN – The coronavirus outbreak proved that one-dimensional health systems cannot survive from health-threatening crises, which occur every few years in the form of infectious diseases, a mere view of treatment is not enough, so that the need for healthcare reforms should be brought into sharp focus.

Experts unanimous on appointing Iranian coach for volleyball team

TEHRAN – In a meeting held in Tehran’s Olympic Academy, the most experts were unanimous on appointing an Iranian coach for Iran National Volleyball Team.

Travel ads start in Iran as coronavirus lockdown eased

TEHRAN – Travel advertising has been resumed in Iran mainly for destinations that have no traces of the coronavirus.

Iran’s UNESCO to organize music festival to salute health workers  

TEHRAN – The Iranian National Commission for UNESCO plans to organize an online music festival to salute doctors and health workers fighting COVID-19.