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2021-10-16 19:03
U.S. to lift ban on vaccinated travelers from Iran, other countries
TEHRAN – The United States is set to lift its COVID-19 restrictions for fully vaccinated visitors from Iran and several other countries, putting an end to historic restrictions that had barred much of the world from entering the country for as long as 21 months.
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2021-10-15 20:00
Russia to lift COVID ban on flights to Iran, other countries
TEHRAN - Russia is scheduled to lift its COVID-19 ban on flights to Iran and several other countries as of Nov. 9, the government coronavirus task force said on Thursday.
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2021-10-12 18:12
Iran national handicrafts exhibit canceled amid COVID uncertainty
TEHRAN – The 35th national handicrafts exhibition of Iran has been canceled due to ongoing uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2021-10-09 22:56
Iran likens unilateral coercive measures to Covid virus that prevent growth
TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations on Friday called Covid-19 and the unilateral coercive measures (UCMs) as the two most destructive anti-growth and anti-development viruses, taking a swipe at the U.S. for resorting to illegal unilateral sanctions on developing countries.
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2021-10-05 12:14
Pastu Covac joins Iran’s vaccination drive against COVID-19
TEHRAN - Pastu Covac vaccine, developed jointly by the Pasteur Institute of Iran and Cuba's Finlay Vaccine Institute, has been added to the country’s basket of vaccines against coronavirus, Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz, head of the Iranian Food and Drug Administration, has said.
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2021-10-03 18:20
Coronavirus: Mehregan observed online to renew friendships
TEHRAN – On Saturday, Iranian Zoroastrians in Yazd celebrated their ancient festival of Mehregan virtually over coronavirus concerns.
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2021-10-02 20:49
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Back to normal life: smart quarantine scheme starts
TEHRAN – A smart quarantine scheme has been launched to identify COVID-19 patients so that restrictions and prohibitions will be lifted and life will return back to normal.
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2021-10-02 20:47
By Afshin Majlesi
Reissuance of Iran visas won’t cause a flood of tourists, expert says
TEHRAN – In a response to some complaints, Iranian Tour Operators Association Director Ebrahim Pourfaraj has said the reissuance of Iranian tourist visas won’t trigger a flood of visitors to the country.
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2021-09-27 18:00
“Patriarch” actor Siamak Atlasi dies from COVID-19
TEHRAN – Siamak Atlasi, the actor of the popular 1990s Iranian TV series “The Patriarch”, died from COVID-19 at a Tehran hospital on Sunday. He was at 85.
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2021-09-27 17:07
Iran plans to resume tourist visas next month: minister
TEHRAN – Iran plans to resume tourist visas by next month after months of suspension amid strict government measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the tourism minister announced on Monday concurrent with World Tourism Day.
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2021-09-25 21:42
President: No one should be deprived of education due to poverty
TEHRAN — On Saturday, President Ebrahim Raisi said no one should be denied of the opportunity for education due to poverty.
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2021-09-25 18:56
Tourism has unique ability to make sure nobody is left behind: UNWTO
TEHRAN – On the occasion of World Tourism Day, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has ensured every part of the sector has a say in its future – including communities, minorities, youth, and those who would otherwise be at risk of being left behind.
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2021-09-24 17:40
Lorestan’s museums begin to reopen
TEHRAN – Cultural heritage museums and historical sites across Lorestan province began to reopen Thursday after being closed for weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2021-09-22 17:59
By Afshin Majlesi
Iran tourism prepares for a comeback
TEHRAN – Iran considers reopening borders to foreign vacationers as its new tourism minister has said the government will soon scrap visa restrictions.
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2021-09-21 21:00
COVID causes $4.7m damages to Tabas tourism
TEHRAN – The tourism sector of Tabas county in South Khorasan province has been damaged to the tune of 200 billion rials ($4.7 million at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
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2021-09-19 21:23
COVID causes $1.9m damage to crafts of Iranian province
TEHRAN- The handicraft sector of the southwestern Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari province has suffered a loss of 80.4 billion rials ($1.9 million at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) since the outbreak of the coronavirus, the provincial tourism chief has announced.
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2021-09-19 21:21
Isfahan museums welcome visitors after COVID shutdown
TEHRAN – Museums and cultural heritage sites across Isfahan province reopened to visitors on Sunday after months of closure caused by the COVID pandemic, according to a local tourism official.
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2021-09-19 17:50
Tehran museums reopen to visitors as coronavirus cases fall
TEHRAN - Museums of the Iranian capital have reopened their doors to the public following a five-month closure as the metropolis experiences a sustained drop in coronavirus infections.
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2021-09-18 18:40
By Afshin Majlesi
How could ancient remedies lift tourism?
TEHRAN - Recent decades have seen a growing interest in medicinal plants and the traditional knowledge of their usage to some extent that some believe the drugs of the future might come from the past.
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2021-09-17 18:28
UNWTO plans restart of tourism across Asia and the Pacific
TEHRAN – Tourism leaders from across Asia and the Pacific have met to plan the sector’s restart and recovery even as borders remain closed throughout the region.
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2021-09-17 16:56
Guidelines prepared to use Iranian traditional medicine for COVID-19 treatment
TEHRAN – The instructions for the use of Iranian traditional medicine to treat COVID-19 have been prepared, the director of the Iranian Medicine Office of the Ministry of Health, has announced.
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2021-09-17 16:55
WHO working to certify Iranian COVID vaccines
TEHRAN – “We are collecting the necessary information for the registration and certification of Iranian-made coronavirus vaccines,” World Health Organization (WHO) representative to Iran Jaffar Hussain has said.
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2021-09-14 16:35
COVID-19 toll declining thanks to mass vaccination
TEHRAN – The coronavirus mortality related to delta variant peaked in July and recorded over 700 daily deaths, but with the increase of vaccination pace, the toll is now decreasing.
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2021-09-13 19:00
‘No red lines in importing COVID vaccines, even Pfizer and Moderna’
TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday that the country is facing no red lines in importing coronavirus vaccines, even Pfizer and Moderna.
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2021-09-13 18:36
Iranian hotels suffer $4.8 billion loss since start of pandemic
TEHRAN – Iranian hotels have lost 202 trillion rials (some $4.8 billion at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar( of potential revenues as the COVID-19 pandemic drastically curbed travel in the country, the Iranian Hotel Association has said.
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2021-09-11 19:30
Nearly 600,000 travelers tested for COVID-19 at borders
TEHRAN – Some 599,623 passengers have so far been screened for coronavirus by thermal tests at the country's official borders since March 10, Mehdi Valipour, head of Relief and Rescue Organization affiliated to the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), said on Saturday.
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2021-09-10 17:59
Iraq to double Iranians’ visa quota for Arbaeen ritual
TEHRAN – Iraq has doubled its previously declared visa quota for the Iranian nationals willing to attend the Arbaeen pilgrimage.
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2021-09-08 21:00
UNWTO invites all to celebrate World Tourism Day
TEHRAN – The United Nations World Tourism Organization has invited all member states, businesses, and individuals to celebrate the upcoming World Tourism Day in an intervention to support the virus-hit industry.
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2021-09-08 18:49
Former Persepolis GM Abbas Ansarifard dies
TEHRAN - Former Persepolis general manager, Abbas Ansarifard, passed away at the age of 65 following his battle with Covid-19 on Tuesday.
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2021-09-07 19:25
Virus causes $119 million damage to tourism earnings of Iranian province
TEHRAN – Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari has lost more than five trillion rials (about $119 million at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) in earnings from tourism as many potential visitors have stayed away from the Iranian province since the novel coronavirus restrictions began in early 2019.
