Iran’s currency rial continued to lose value against major currencies on Tuesday, reaching as low as 160,000 to the U.S. dollar at one point amid a quickly worsening coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic and falling oil prices.
The Director of Emergency Operations in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) new Emergencies Program, on March 17 said that Iran's coronavirus (COVID-19) death toll is underreported due to testing being restricted to sever cases and can be potentially five times higher.
China’s foreign ministry has appealed to the United States to “immediately lift unilateral” sanctions against the Islamic Republic, to fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
An alleged claim by President Hassan Rouhani that Iran is about to overcome the coronavirus outbreak has led to public criticism and denials.
As Iranians isolate themselves to keep the coronavirus epidemic from spreading further, residents of one Tehran apartment complex found a way to unite: singing along with patriotic songs and pop hits blaring from their windows.
By gathering data from dispersed official comments by provincial authorities and local news agencies Radio Farda has been able to confirm that at least 1300 have so far died of coronavirus (COVID-19).
A Shi'a university-seminary in Iran has lambasted the most senior Sunni cleric in the country for protesting novel coronavirus outbreak in Iran through Chinese Shi'ite religious students based in the city of Qom.
A top Shi'a cleric in Iran has denied approving the purchase of a possible anti-coronavirus vaccine from Israel, which Islamic Republic considers as its top enemy.
Despite a general notion that U.S. economic sanctions on Iran have stifled the country’s ability to buy medicines and other medical necessities, a review of European trade data shows little change in pharmaceutical exports to Iran.
As the central government resists imposing quarantines to fight coronavirus, some provinces decide on their own to ban travelers from outside.
Iranian officials say government entities are trying to send back working children who live in Iran back to their countries, primarily Afghanistan.
On Saturday in a meeting of the Coronavirus Combat Taskforce Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the Health Ministry's decision to limit and control road trips between eleven provinces was worthwhile and called on officials to inform the public before taking any steps in this regard.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani in a letter to several heads of foreign governments has asked their help in breaking U.S. sanctions, considering the country’s coronavirus epidemic.
In a press conference on Saturday, the Chief of Crisis Management Organization of Tehran Municipality said his organization has prepared 8 of its crisis shelters in Tehran for convalescence of coronavirus patients in a safe environment.
Iran’s ministry of health has announced that 12,729 people have tested positive for coronavirus as of Saturday March 14. Also, with 97 new deaths since yesterday, the epidemic's toll in Iran has reached 611.
Arresting people for disseminating information about the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus in Iran has gained momentum in the past two days.
A long-serving, senior Revolutionary Guard general has died of coronavirus in Iran on Friday, March 13.
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said he is "deeply concerned" about the outbreak of novel coronavirus in Iran and promises U.N.’s support.
General Mohammad Baqeri, Chief of the joint staff of the Iranian armed forces says his troops are planning to make sure that the people will leave roads and supermarkets in 24 hours.
U.S. air strikes that killed several members of a pro-Iranian militia group in Iraq have heightened tensions in the region, with Baghdad denouncing the attack as an aggression against the country and Tehran warning President Donald Trump against taking "dangerous actions."
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