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.”

By Payman Yazdani

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 cases in Iran surpass 47,500, death toll reach 3,036

TEHRAN- The total number of people diagnosed with the coronavirus in Iran has reached 47,593, of whom 3,036 have died and 15,473 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.

While U.S. itself seeks aid to fight COVID-19 it refuses to end economic terrorism on Iran: Zarif

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says even while the United States, the world’s largest economy, needs others’ help to fight the coronavirus pandemic, it refuses to halt its “economic terrorism” against Iran.

Igor Kolakovic no more Iran volleyball coach

TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation (IRIVF) has parted ways with Igor Kolakovic following cancelation of 2020 Olympic Games due to the pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19).

U.S. slaps new sanctions on Iran as coronavirus takes toll

As Iran struggles to battle the spread of deadly coronavirus, the United States on Thursday heaped more economic pressure on the country by slapping a fresh round of sanctions on more than a dozen Iranian individuals and five companies, al Jazeera reported.

Iran injects 1 billion dollar into healthcare system

TEHRAN - "One billion dollars will be injected into the country's healthcare system by the National Development Fund," Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said at a government economic committee meeting on Thursday.

Zarif says one wonders whether Pompeo is secretary of state or 'secretary of hate'

TEHRAN- Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for his "3rd-rate propaganda" against Iran, saying one wonders if he is secretary of state or "secretary of hate".

‘Failure to contain coronavirus in Iran will adversely impact the entire world’

The chair of the London-based NGO Islamic Human Rights Commission has censured sanctions against Iran as the country is fighting the worst coronavirus pandemic in West Asia, warning if the deadly disease is not controlled in Iran it will affect the entire world.

Iran Ministry of Sports warns teams not to train

TEHRAN - Iran’s Ministry of Sports and Youth spokesman has warned the Iranian football teams not to start their training amid coronavirus crisis.

Tough measures to be taken to contain coronavirus outbreak in Iran

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that stricter measures will be taken in the country to combat coronavirus, also known as Covid-19.

Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games postponed

Japan’s prime minister and the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) agreed to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Games by a year yesterday in an extraordinary move, unprecedented in peacetime, as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic.

‘80 hours for 80mn campaign’ pressing U.S. to ditch Iran sanctions amid outbreak

Amid a worldwide outcry against the United States’ illegal and unilateral sanctions imposed on Iran, a popular campaign has been launched to pressure Washington into temporarily lifting the sanctions that are obstructing the Iranian people’s efforts to curtail the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

Iranian Army's 2,000-bed hospital inaugurated in Tehran

TEHRAN - The Army inaugurated a 2,000-bed hospital in Tehran on Wednesday as Iran is fighting the pandemic coronavirus.

"Health defenders" to amaze world despite U.S. sanctions: Iran's top security official

TEHRAN– Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani said on Mon. that Iran’s health defenders will wonder the world despite U.S. imposition of sanctions against the Islamic Republic.