Nearly 150 prominent Iranian political and trade union activists, as well as artists have slammed the Islamic Republic authorities for failing to contain the coronavirus.
Iran’s motor vehicle manufacturing sector produced 25 percent less units in 2019, compared with the previous year, figures from the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers show.
An official of Tehran Municipality on Monday said the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic has increased hospital and municipal waste in Tehran by at least 20 and 2000 metric tons respectively per day in the past two weeks.
To stem the spread of the virus in crowded jails, Iran's judiciary on Sunday extended furloughs for 100,000 prisoners.
Data collected by Radio Farda show that 66,657 persons have so far been hospitalized or quarantined in 31 provinces of Iran for having Covid-19 symptoms.
Iran’s official government news agency IRNA has reported “clashes” in Hamedan prison, following reports of unrest in other prisons in recent days.
The husband of the jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says his wife has had her temporary release extended for another two weeks by the Iranian government.
The Head of the Epidemiology Committee of Iran's Coronavirus Combat Taskforce on Saturday said coronavirus (SARS-2-CoV) was spreading in Iran without being noticed since around January 20.
A senior official of Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage has said that the cotronavirus epidemic will cost $200 million to the country’s tourism industry in three months.
A representative of fuel distributors in Iran has warned the government that 70 percent of gas stations might soon shut down due to lack of sales.
A Judiciary official of Kordestan Province of Iran on March 28 said seven of the 70 inmates who had broken out of a prison in Saqqez on February 27 have been arrested and two more have surrendered.
The Islamic Republic Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has accused the United States of taking several Iranian scientists hostage.
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