TEHRAN (defapress) - Ismail Haniyeh, the chief of the political bureau of Islamic resistance movement Hamas, decried the US for imposing cruel sanctions against Iran amid the efforts to contain the coronavirus.
News ID: 80582 Publish Date : 2020/03/22
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mining, and Trade Reza Rahmani pledged that his ministry will do whatever necessary to attain the goals of ‘surge in production’- the name Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has given to the new Iranian year.
News ID: 80577 Publish Date : 2020/03/21
TEHRAN (defapress) – Tehran and Paris swapped an Iranian engineer who had been arrested over alleged violation of the US sanctions and a French national imprisoned in Iran for acting against national security.
News ID: 80570 Publish Date : 2020/03/21
TEHRAN (defapress) - High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell denounced the US’ unilateral sanctions against the health and life of the Iranian people amid the outbreak of coronavirus in the world.
News ID: 80568 Publish Date : 2020/03/21
TEHRAN (defapress) – President of Iran Hassan Rouhani sent separate congratulatory messages to the heads of countries in the Nowruz Civilization Zone to felicitate them on the beginning of spring and emphasize the need for concerted action against the coronavirus outbreak.
News ID: 80561 Publish Date : 2020/03/20
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani highlighted the major role of the people in keeping the coronavirus pandemic at bay by showing compliance with protocols and instructions by health officials, by staying home.
News ID: 80554 Publish Date : 2020/03/19
TEHRAN (defapress) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran has summoned Hungary’s ambassador in protest at the improper treatment of the Iranian students infected with coronavirus in Budapest.
News ID: 80544 Publish Date : 2020/03/18
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Satatri said local researchers in knowledge-based companies are working on the most complicated pharmaceutical products to prevent and cure the novel coronavirus.
News ID: 80530 Publish Date : 2020/03/17
TEHRAN (defapress) – The police forces of Hormozgan Province, south of Iran have busted 1.305 tons of different illegal drugs in the past 72 hours, said the police commander.
News ID: 80518 Publish Date : 2020/03/15
TEHRAN (defapress) – The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army is holding a war game to exercise defense tactics in the face of a biological attack as it has been working in close cooperation with the Health Ministry to contain the novel coronavirus epidemic in the country, according to the Army chief.
News ID: 80511 Publish Date : 2020/03/15
Iran to US:
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif censured the US for refusing to lift its sanctions against Tehran amid the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in the country, adding that “viruses recognize no politics or geography nor should we”.
News ID: 80509 Publish Date : 2020/03/15
TEHRAN (defapress) – In reaction to Trump's remarks about the recent attacks in Iraq, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said that Trump should review the presence and behavior of his troops in the region instead of risky actions and baseless accusations.
News ID: 80490 Publish Date : 2020/03/13
TEHRAN (defapress) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran said he has asked the International Monetary Fund for a $5 billion loan that would help the country deal with the outbreak of COVID-19, saying the IMF’s response will be a litmus test for claims about relief aid for containing the disease.
News ID: 80485 Publish Date : 2020/03/12
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki said the country’s national mobilization plan to contain the novel coronavirus has been fully embraced by the World Health Organization’s experts.
News ID: 80484 Publish Date : 2020/03/12
TEHRAN (defapress) – The number of coronavirus patients in Iran exceeded 10,000 on Thursday after more than 1,000 new cases were detected over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry’s spokesman announced.
News ID: 80483 Publish Date : 2020/03/12
TEHRAN (defapress) – The Permanent Representative of Iran to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was elected as one of the vice-chairs of the Executive Council of the OPCW.
News ID: 80482 Publish Date : 2020/03/12
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi rejected Riyadh’s claim about the reason why the passports of Saudi nationals arriving in Iran are not stamped, urging Saudi Arabia not to politicize the coronavirus disease.
News ID: 80474 Publish Date : 2020/03/11
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s permanent representative to Vienna-based International Organizations Kazem Gharibabadi criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency’s politicization of technical issues over the country’s nuclear power plant.
News ID: 80465 Publish Date : 2020/03/10
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Hojatoleslam Ebrahim Raeisi ordered severe punishment for hoarding pharmaceutical and health products as Iranian organizations and government bodies are heavily engaged in efforts to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak.
News ID: 80382 Publish Date : 2020/03/02
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi cast doubt over the sincerity of the US in a recent agreement with Afghanistan’s Taliban and said peace and stability in the West Asian country should be reached through “an inter-Afghan consensus”.
News ID: 80380 Publish Date : 2020/03/02
