In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres eight countries including Russia, China and Iran called on him to ask for the lifting of sanctions on various countries to help them fight against coronavirus.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says he has sent a letter to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei seeking his permission to withdraw one billion dollars from the country's foreign currency reserve.
The New Delhi Parsi Association has sent its second relief cargo, including medicine and medical equipment, to coronavirus-hit Iran.
A healthcare official of the Qom Province on March 26 said that the 200,000 residents of the province who have traveled out must go back as soon as possible and self-isolate.
Data gathered by Radio Farda from various national and local media in Iran, as well as comments made by regional authorities and Health Ministry officials, indicate 3,036 people have fallen victim to the novel coronavirus.
Renowned Iranian author and Shi'a theologian, Abdol-Karim Soroush, has slammed the Islamic Republic authorities for not placing the city of Qom under quarantine, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
In a tweet on Wednesday, March 25, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blasted the Islamic Republic for expelling the Paris-based Doctors Without Borders.
A visiting Doctors Without Borders contingent in Isfahan has been barred from offering its relief services to coronavirus patients because of indecision, chaos and conflicts surrounding Iranian government organizations.
Iran's Deputy Health Minister said coronavirus spread in Qom by Chinese workers and students, and in Gilan by Iranian students coming back from Wuhan.
The official number of coronavirus victims in Iran reached 2,077 on Wednesday, March 25, the health ministry spokesman announced.
The Spokesman of Iran's Cabinet Ali Rabiee on March 25 said the government will soon impose lockdowns to contain the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic.
Doctors Without Borders expressed deep surprise in a statement March 24 after Iranian Health Ministry officials put a stop to its plans to launch a 50-bed intensive care field hospital in Isfahan for COVID-19 victims.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on March 24 urged the international community to urgently re-evaluate any sanctions imposed on countries such as Iran that to prevent their healthcare systems to collapse.
Coronavirus cases in Iran keep climbing, as many government workers are sent home and a lawmaker says president Rouhani suffers from delusions.
A prosecutor in Iran's northern city of Anzali on March 23 said an arrest warrant has been issued for a self-confessed "Islamic doctor". The cleric put the lives of several coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) patients and the public in danger by administering to them a "miracle cure".
A street funeral procession held for a former Revolutionary Guard Commander in a township near Tehran on March 23 which brought thousands of people together despite government pleas to observe social distancing has outraged many Iranians.
Iran expelled a medical team sent by Doctors Without Borders who came to set up a field hospital and help the fight against COVID-19.
The U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has slammed the Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for accusing Washington of having a role in bioengineering the deadly novel coronavirus.
With the COVID-19 epidemic showing no signs of slowing down in Iran, the army on Monday announced a series of steps to show it is playing a notable role in confronting the coronavirus.
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