In a message for the Iranian New Year (Nowrouz) that falls on March 21, the exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi says he considers the Islamic Republic the "primary impediment in remediation and containing the [coronavirus] crisis".
A Revolutionary Court in Tehran has sentenced the son of former Chief Commander of the Iranian Army to ten years in jail for corruption.
Iran's death toll from the coronavirus has reached 1,135, with 147 deaths over the past 24 hours -- the highest 24-hour rise yet -- state TV reported on March 18.
The Chairman of Iran's Society of Zoroastrians has said that coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted the small Zoroastrian community in Yazd very hard with a fatality rate much higher than the general population.
Despite the deadly outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the Islamic Republic Judiciary has refused to release four jailed Iranian Christians on bail.
Iran is considering releasing some Americans it has detained, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, as the United States imposed fresh sanctions on Iran.
A British-Iranian woman serving a five-year prison term in Tehran for sedition was released from jail for two weeks on March 17, her husband said.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has asked the international community to reject U.S. economic sanctions against his country amid a deadly coronavirus epidemic.
An Iranian environmentalist behind bars in Tehran's notorious Evin prison is suspected of having contracted coronavirus and taken to Taleqani hospital, his sister disclosed in a tweet.
With 125 more fatalities over the past 24 hours Iran's death toll from coronavirus (COVID-19) reached 988 on March 17. The figure only shows deaths from coronavirus confirmed by testing but observers believe the death toll is much higher, even as much as five-fold.
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.
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