News Archive - 30 March 2020

"We must tap all experiences around world": Rouhani

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made the remarks in a meeting with the highest experts in the fields of infectious, viral and respiratory diseases, emergency medicine, immunology, virology and epidemiology on Saturday evening through videoconferencing. Appreciating the hard work and devotion of all doctors, nurses and medical staff throughout the country,...

Ongoing situation more important than World Wars: Nasrallah

He made the remarks in a televised speech on the recent developments in the world and the region Saturday evening.  Nasrallah said, "Preventive measures can be taken to guarantee a safe return to the expatriates to Lebanon." " Whatever the threats are, the Lebanese authorities must respond to the pleas...

Iranian scientists working on stem cell therapy to treat Covid-19 patients

According to Masud Soleimani, who recently came home from illegal detainment in US, the research is being carried out with the support of the Health Ministry in two Tehran-based hospitals of Shariati and Masih Daneshvari. The news came as some local media had earlier quoted Soleimani as saying that a...

Global coronavirus updates: 664,103 confirmed cases, 30,883 deaths

As of Sunday morning, Global deaths from the virus have surpassed 30,000, with more than 10,000 of those in Italy. More people have died in Italy from exposure to the fast-spreading coronavirus than anywhere else in the world. As of March 29, at least 10,023 people have died, according to...

US suspicious hostile moves against Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’abi

It seems that there is no end to US hostility in Iraq and Trump’s government is preparing itself for another aggression against the Iraqi Resistance Group Hashd al-Sha’abi. In this regard, the New York Times report claimed that Pentagon secretly called for the destruction of one of the Iraqi Resistance...

PMU launches anti-ISIL operation in Nineveh, Saladin

In a statement published on its official website, PMU said that the operation is being conducted with the cooperation of the Iraqi Army. It noted that brigade 44 and 51 of the PMU’ Nineveh operations, and military engineering and explosive control units, with the support of the army’s aviation and armors,...

German state minister commits suicide over COVID-19 concerns

Thomas Schaefer took his own life after reportedly being “deeply worried” over how to deal with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the country, Bouffier said on Sunday, Sputnik reported. The 54-year-old politician, whose body was found close to a railway track on Saturday, left behind a wife and two...

Coronavirus hits MKO terrorists camp in Albania, kills one: source

According to an MKO member in Albania, nine members of the terrorist group situated in the European country have contracted the COVID-19. The source noted that MKO leaders have quarantined the nine infected ones in a separate building, which cannot be accessed by other members, to conceal the fact from...

Leader issues message on Disabled Veterans Day

Congratulating the day, the Leader described the injured war veterans as ‘alive martyrs’. He wished the veterans and their families health and success. The Disabled Veterans Day is celebrated every year on the birthday anniversary of Abbas ibn Ali, Imam Hossein’s brother and a key figure in the Battle of...

Mesr Village: A shining diamond in heart of Iran’s deserts

The village has become one of the most popular destinations for those who seek tranquility and seclusion of the desert as well as some astrological and adventurous fun. But watching and trotting the endless yellow hills and the desert is not the only good part of it. Mesr desert nights...

Mustafa Prize Laureate Ugur Sahin makes breakthrough in finding Covid-19 Vaccine

According to MSTF media reports, immunologist Ugur Sahin, the founder and CEO of BioNTech and the 2019 Mustafa(pbuh) Prize laureate for his outstanding work on the development and clinical testing of mRNA-based cancer vaccines, prepared to combat Coronavirus as the virus broke out in China three months ago. According to...

Gov't backing forerunners of health with all its might: Pres. Rouhani

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank the dear and honorable people who endured these days and the instructions given by the country's health authorities, as well as the group that did all they could to provide for people's lives and needs,” said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in...

35-day-old baby tests positive for COVID-19 in NE Iran

The head of Gonabad’s medical university and services, Javad Bazeli, told IRNA on Sunday that the baby is now receiving treatment in a hospital. This is the youngest infected with the virus in the country up to now. Parents brought the baby to the hospital after seeing pneumonia-like symptoms. The...

2,901 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Iran: spokesman

Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Sunday that 2,901 new cases have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, increasing the total number of infections in Iran to 38,309. Unfortunately, 123 coronavirus patients lost their lives in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll...

Iraq calls for lifting or decreasing anti-Iranian sanctions

Adnan Al-Zurufi called for the lifting or decreasing of anti-Iranian sanctions, saying that helping Iran combat coronavirus by lifting or decreasing sanctions against it and providing medical aid to the country will prevent a humanitarian catastrophe there. Aid to Iran could also mitigate the consequences of the coronavirus outbreak in...

Leader appreciates Iran's health sector

Ayatollah Khamenei issued a message to Iran’s Minister of Health and Medical Education Saeed Namaki on Sunday and once again thanked the hard work and devotion of the medical and health sectors. “Thanks again to the efforts of the honorable minister and his colleagues and the country's large medical sector.

FM seeking to return Iranian students from Italy: spox. Mousavi

Due to the sever COVID-19 outbreak in Italy, dozens of Iranian students studying there are demanding to return to Iran, said Mousavi on Sunday, noting that the issue is being addressed both in Tehran and in Rome. Given the red status in Italy, as soon as Iran receive the permits,...

Palestinian movement voices solidarity with Iran amid coronavirus

Jamil Mezher, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said that the whole world is paying for the imperialist savagery of the US, and even the American people themselves are suffering from these policies. China's success in overcoming coronavirus outbreak and helping other countries to confront...

MoD doing its utmost to help country with anti-corona fight: Hatami

“At the same time as the spread of coronavirus in the country, about 1.5 million masks have been produced by the Ministry of Defence so far,” said Hatami while he paid a visit to factories of the masks, disinfectants production on Sunday. “About 60,000 special clothes for coronavirus sections...

Russia to support Iran amid medical sanctions: Russian official

The Chairman of the Russian Duma's Foreign Affairs Committee Leonid Slutsky sent a shipment of medical masks, disinfectant gels, and medical equipment to Iran's Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali. The cargo will be quickly distributed in Iran’s hospitals. In a message in social media, Slutsky wrote, “I saw a letter...

World Athletics wishes corona-infected Hadadi speedy recovery

“We've received word that Iranian discus thrower @EhsanHadadi has tested positive for Coronavirus. We wish him a full and swift recovery,” the world governing body tweeted on Sunday. Dr. Ashkan Ordibehesht, the head of the medical committee of the Iranian Athletics Federation, said that Hadadi is being quarantined at his...

Subway networks easing travel through Iranian metropolises

As a zero-emission transit, the subway serves as a convenient means of transportation, probably the most favored public transportation by both Iranians and international visitors. Tehran The capital city pioneers other metropolises in subway network development. The metro system is the fastest, easiest and most efficient kind of transportation in...

“We may take stricter measures to combat coronavirus”: Veep

He made the remarks in the meeting with managers and specialists of Pasteur Institute of Iran on Monday. Stating that good cohesion has been established to combat coronavirus in the country, Jahangiri said, “Cohesion and companionship of people in addition to the great and exceptional work done by the country's...

MoD mass produces test kit able to detect COVID-19 in 3 hours with 98% accuracy

In the unveiling ceremony held on Monday in Tehran, the ministry’s representative Second Brigadier General Amiri pointed to the 98% accuracy of this new kit, which has been confirmed by the Health Ministry, as one of the salient features of this new product. He said that the kit is totally...

Global coronavirus death toll climbs to near 34,000 with over 722,000 infections

According to the latest reports, 722,196 people have so far been diagnosed with COVID-19 epidemic around the world, with the death toll having jumped to 33,976. The US has 142,178 confirmed infections from the coronavirus, more than any other country in the world, while more than 2,484 people have died...

Turkey delivers medical aid cargo to Iran to fight outbreak

Turkey sent a consignment to assist Iran with its fight against COVID-19 on Sunday. The consignment weighs around 10 tons of medical equipment, including medicines, masks, insulated clothing, gloves, goggles, and forehead thermometers, hygienic and disinfectant products. According to the latest reports by Iran’s health ministry, the death toll from...

World will fail again if pandemic fails to stop unilateralism: Zarif

In an Instagram post in Persian on Monday, Zarif wrote, “These days the world is fighting against a common challenge. This time, it is not related to the borders and interests but it is about humanity, living, and staying.” “The painful image of these days is the only image...

IRGC’s Ground Force staging bio-defense drill in Semnan

SEMNAN, Mar. 29 (MNA) – Given the necessity to organize the resources in the fight against coronavirus outbreak, the environmental cleaning operations and biological defense drill of IRGC’s Ground Force was held in Semnan.          ...

Controlling commutes in Bandar Abbas

BANDAR ABBAS, Mar. 29 (MNA) – Following the adoption of ‘social distancing’ regulations across the country to fight the spread of coronavirus, only residents can enter cities. These footage shows one of the entrances of Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan province, where police and armed forces are controlling the commutes.  ...

Travel restrictions in Sanandaj due to coronavirus

SANANDAJ, Mar. 30 (MNA) – As coronavirus continues to spread, the Iranian government decided to enforce limitations on people's commutes across the country, including Sanandaj in Kordestan Province. In this regard, police and Iranian Red Crescent forces control the commutes at the entrance of the city to prevent entry...

Producing protective clothes for medical staff

TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) – A group of Basij forces in Ahvaz, Khuzestan province, has launched a workshop producing protective clothes needed by the medical staff who are at the frontline of the fight against the COVID-19.   ...