An Iranian lawmaker says the interior minister rejected his advice to postpone the February 21 parliamentary elections to prevent the quick spread of the coronavirus.
Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani has tested positive for COVID-19, parliament's department of public relations announced in a statement on Thursday, April 2.
The relatives of the 176 victims of the Ukrainian airliner shot down by Iran's Revolutionary Guard over Tehran on January 8 have founded an association to seek justice for the death of their loved ones.
President Hassan Rouhani says U.S. sanctions have not curbed Iran's ability to cope with the COVID-19 outbreak. Meanwhile, for the first time he acknowledged that there is no end in sight for the current crisis.
Responding to the U.S. President Donald Trump's charge on Wednesday that Iran or its proxies are "planning a sneak attack on U.S. troops or assets in Iraq", Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif on Thursday said Iran has "friends", not "proxies" .
In a tweet on Wednesday the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said disturbing reports of the involvement of Iranian diplomats in the assassination of an Iran dissident in Turkey are fully consistent with their assignments and called them "agents of terror".
President Donald Trump has tweeted that Iran or its proxies “are planning a sneak attack on U.S. troops” and has threatened to exact “a very high price,” if it happens.
Human rights activists say that around 20 prisoners were killed on March 30 and 31 during disturbances in two prisons in Ahvaz, the capital of Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan province.
Kamal Foroughi, an 80-year-old man with dual Iranian-British nationality, has returned to Britain nine years after being arrested in Iran on spying charges.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said the COVID-19 outbreak provided a good opportunity for the United States to apologize for the sanctions it has imposed on Iran.
Iran’s foreign ministry Wednesday warned about American “military moves” in Iraq leading to “disastrous instability” in the region. The official warning came after expressions of concern by Iranian officials in recent days.
Iranian Parliament's Presidium on Tuesday confirmed that 23 out of the 290 lawmakers have tested positive for the coronavirus out of the 100 that have been tested.
Iranian military leaders warned the United States against any attacks on Tehran's proxies in Iraq.
Ukraine's deputy foreign minister told Radio Farda that despite the coronavirus pandemic his country expects Iran to honor its promises regarding a Ukrainian airliner downed in January.
Reports received by Radio Farda indicate during rebellions in two prisons in the city of Ahvaz, southwestern Iran, at least three inmates were killed and several others injured.
An exclusive report by Radio Farda puts the number of those who have been hospitalized with coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms in Iran at over 70,000 people.
Family disputes have soared in Iran since coronavirus forced people to stay home.
Britain, France and Germany have used a special trading mechanism for the first time to send medical supplies to Iran in a way that does not violate U.S. sanctions against Tehran.
In a tweet on March 30, the U.S. Department of State Spokesperson replied to Iranian authorities' allegations that the United States has waged a war of "medical terrorism" against Iran and said the regime could access the billions in Khamenei's "tax-free hedge fund".
Iranian journalists have protested to the decision taken by a committee of Iran's Coronavirus Combat Taskforce which on Monday banned all print media. The ban will be in place as long as coronavirus-related restrictions are in effect.
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