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Iran’s daily coronavirus caseload rose by 12.2% on Tuesday while overnight deaths dropped sharply by 26%, health officials announced. According to a Health Ministry tally gathered from the…

Upon a hill in the city of Weinsberg in Germany, there stands an ancient castle towering over the city. The townsfolk have kept alive a legend about the city, which fills them with pride and…

President Hassan Rouhani and his Indonesian counterpart, Joko Widodo, highlighted friendly relations between Tehran and Jakarta in a phone conversation on Monday, stressing the need to…

The number of people infected with the new coronavirus fell below 1,000 on Monday for the first time in over a month, while the death toll saw a relatively sharp rise from a day earlier. …

Iran will not enter into negotiations with the United States, regardless of who is in charge of its government unless Washington returns to the 2015 nuclear deal that it has unilaterally quit, a…

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on the Iranian people not to be afraid of the United States and other bullying powers. Ayatollah Khamenei addressed a…

Iran’s COVID-19 taskforce is set to divide the country into three zones based on the extent of coronavirus transmissions to prioritize the relaxation of restrictions on religious and holy sites…

President Hassan Rouhani and the Qatari emir highlighted the need for all countries to promote collaborative efforts to ensure regional security and discussed the two countries’ measures toward…

Iran’s government has urged the public to maintain vigilance during the COVID-19 pandemic, or the country will have to reimpose stringent containment measures. President Hassan Rouhani on…

The office of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei declared Saturday as the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. In a statement posted on its website on…

The Health Ministry said no province in Iran has been placed under red alert for the coronavirus outbreak, but the warnings are still in effect as the country’s daily rise in deaths remained in…

The Astana peace talks on Syria held between the foreign ministers of Iran, Russia and Turkey via videoconference on Wednesday was most likely focused on the issue of Idlib and the status of…

Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has successfully placed Iran’s first military satellite into orbit on Wednesday.

Iran reopened its parks and recreation areas on Wednesday in line with its phased easing of coronavirus restrictions, following a recent decline in infections and deaths. The National…

Italy's prime minister said Rome is ready to cooperate in addressing issues facing the 2015 nuclear deal using the platform of international organizations. "We will try to take effective steps…

Iran’s tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases neared 85,000 on Tuesday, as the country continued to report double-digit numbers of deaths, health officials said. Infections from the coronavirus…

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Damascus on Monday at the head of a political delegation for talks with top Syrian officials.  He was set to q Syrian President Bashar al-…

Iran has no interest in interfering in Iraqi affairs, including the appointment of a prime minister and Cabinet, as the Arab nation can decide the political future of its own country, an Iranian…

Despite rolling back COVID-19 restrictions for most businesses, Iranian officials stressed that “there is no such thing as return to normality”, as the country’s rate of infections continued to…

Iran relaxed more of its restrictive measures on Monday and allowed medium-risk businesses to resume operations, but extended the closure of schools, universities, mosques and holy sites.

The United States is asking the United Nations Security Council to violate international law by extending an arms embargo on Iran, but its illegitimate request will fail to secure approval, Iran…

Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani hailed China’s success in containing the novel coronavirus and applauded the Asian country for assisting Iran in the fight against the infectious disease.

The Iranians government on Saturday again underlined the importance of social distancing to fight the coronavirus pandemic and asked the public to heed health guidelines in spite of the…

A health official warned that the coronavirus pandemic will pick up again in autumn, as Iran registers a decline in the numbers of confirmed cases and deaths.

Moscow will continue efforts to end unilateral sanctions, including through joint campaigns with other major countries, a Russian deputy foreign minister said.