Sources close to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani's Office in Iran say the Iraqi-Iranian Shiite marja' has donated at least $1.5 million for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in Iran, particularly in Qom.
The foreign ministers of Russia, Turkey, and Iran will hold a video conference on April 22 to discuss Syria and a de-escalation deal in the last rebel-held enclave in Idlib.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused Iran of violating a UN Security Council resolution through a satellite launch and vowed repercussions.
President Donald Trump says he has ordered the Navy to attack and destroy any Iranian vessel that harasses U.S. ships after Iranian ships appeared to harass U.S. vessels last week in the Persian Gulf.
Speaking to reporters on April 21, the German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said German is not against the payment of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan to Iran to battle coronavirus.
Medical officials in several Iranian provinces have expressed concern about the second wave of coronavirus outbreak following the lifting of some restrictions.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard on April 22 said the country's first military satellite has successfully been placed in orbit.
Rouhani told Putin Iran and Russia should increase their cooperation in the fight against the new coronavirus outbreak and continue to trade with each other.
The Islamic Republic's Judiciary spokesman has dismissed as "politically motivated" a United Nations human rights report that all political prisoners must be granted furloughs during the coronavirus outbreak.
The suspected Israeli strikes on April 20 came as Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif was in Damascus, where he met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Syrian counterpart.
Iran's press freedom rank is 173 out of the 180 countries in the latest press freedom report of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released on April 21. The Islamic Republic's rank has dropped four points from 170 in 2019.
An Outspoken Iranian lawmaker (Sadeghi) on April 21 confirmed that a court has sentenced him for charges brought against him by a high-ranking official appointed by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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