U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday March 17 that Tehran may be considering releasing some Americans it has been keeping in jail for several years.
Two groups of religious vigilantes on Monday tried to force their way into important shrines in Iran that were closed to the public as a measure against the spread of coronavirus.
Prominent Iranian lawyer and human rights advocate Nasrin Sotoudeh is on hunger strike to protest keeping political prisoners behind bars during coronavirus epidemic.
The chaotic situation of coronavirus information dissemination in Iran has given rise to many controversies as the performance of Iran's state-run TV has invited criticism.
An alleged claim by President Hassan Rouhani that Iran is about to overcome the coronavirus outbreak has led to public criticism and denials.
Videos of Iranian health workers in their coronavirus protective suits dancing in hospitals flooded social media timelines recently and now taking their cue from Italians in quarantine, people in Tehran neighborhood have begun playing music at night and singing to it 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).
Iraqis have to deal with coronavirus coming from Iran and contend with military tensions between the United States and Iran.
As the central government resists imposing quarantines to fight coronavirus, some provinces decide on their own to ban travelers from outside.
The former mayor of Tehran, IRGC general Mohammad Qalibaf accused of corruption is backing a shady foundation collecting money to help people amid a deadly coronavirus epidemic.
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.
The extent of the coronavirus epidemic in Mashhad, Iran's second largest city, has forced the clerical establishment to shut its revered shrine.
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