More members of Iran's religious and political elite have died of the spreading coronavirus infections.
Former Iranian ambassador to Syria and a hostage-taker of U.S. diplomats, Hossein Sheikholeslam, died Thursday from a Covid19 infection, local news outlets report.
The Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blamed the Indian government on Thursday, March 5, for the recent deadly Hindu-Muslim clashes in new Delhi.
Azerbaijan has closed its border to Iranian imports and has quarantined 500 visitors from Iran to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
An Iranian lawmaker has said that bodies of victims of coronavirus (COVID-19) that have piled up in Qom and the desperation of people in Rasht, another hotspot of the coronavirus outbreak in Iran, are evidence of inefficiency in alerting people to the danger of the outbreak.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman on March 4 criticized Bahrain for not cooperating in repatriation of 1300 Bahraini tourists and pilgrims from Iran where coronavirus infections are on the rise by the day.
Iran on March 4 cancelled Friday prayers for a second week across major cities amid the growing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak which has claimed 92 lives so far.
An official of a university in the Iranian capital Tehran has said that the Ministry of Science has ordered universities to form committees to prevent suicides and “harmful behaviors” in all universities.
Tehran has no obligation to grant the UN's nuclear watchdog access to sites in Iran when it deems that requests are based on "fabricated information", Iran's UN ambassador in Vienna said on March 4.
Iran continues to increase the numbers of people diagnosed with coronavirus and the dead, but still many believe the real figures are higher.
In a report released on March 4, Amnesty International said that at least 23 children were killed by Iranian security forces in the nationwide protests in November last year.
Iranian Supreme Leader Seyed Ali Khamenei on March 3 defended the authorities in charge of dissemination of news about coronavirus outbreak and said they were “honest and transparent from day one”.
Iran's Supreme Leader has issued a decree, circumventing parliament by allowing members of the budget committee of the Parliament to decide on Iran's budget bill for the next year.
Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman on March 3 denied reports that some political prisoners including British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe have contracted coronavirus (COVID-19) in prison and said all of them are in “perfect health”.
India on March 3 summoned the Iranian ambassador in Dehli over Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif's tweet in condemnation of "organized violence against Indian Muslims" and lodged a strong protest.
One Iranian minister has accused another ministry of deceiving the people by claiming it can produce a huge quantity of medical masks.
Kyiv has once again demanded an "official apology" from Tehran for the downing of the Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) passenger plane, killing all 176 onboard.
Iran's Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raeesi says 1501 Iranians have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) and at least 66 have died until Monday morning March 2.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif on March 1 said the United States has "tendered its surrender" in Afghanistan after 19 years and is leaving while "leaving a huge mess behind".
Lloyds Intelligence has detected that Iranian fuel oil is being shipped from Iraq to buyers, while it is not sanctioned by the U.S.
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