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
DM:
TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami reassured the National Headquarters for Fighting Coronavirus that the Armed Forces enjoy a diverse area of capacities for countering the epidemic, and voiced readiness for setting up mobile hospitals, producing masks and test kits, beds and isolated ambulances.
News ID: 80361 Publish Date : 2020/02/29
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi said domestic airlines have been given permission for the resumption of flights to the United Arab Emirates, after the Arab country suspended all flights to and from Iran over coronavirus concerns.
News ID: 80354 Publish Date : 2020/02/28
TEHRAN (defapress)- The Iranian government in a statement on Wednesday denounced the decision by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to place the country on its blacklist as a politically-motivated move.
News ID: 80340 Publish Date : 2020/02/26
TEHRAN (defapress) – The Iranian Army expressed readiness to work in cooperation with the Health Ministry in the battle against the novel coronavirus epidemic in the country.
News ID: 80328 Publish Date : 2020/02/25
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Pakistan’s new ambassador to Iran held a meeting in Tehran on Tuesday.
News ID: 80322 Publish Date : 2020/02/25
Iran VP:
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said the turnout in the ongoing elections in the country has been high.
News ID: 80286 Publish Date : 2020/02/21
TEHRAN (defapress) – Head of Iran's Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali said the recent large-scale cyber attack targeting the country’s infrastructure carried out by the US government has been foiled.
News ID: 80216 Publish Date : 2020/02/14
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is on an official visit to Germany’s Munich, held talks with high-ranking foreign officials, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne.
News ID: 80208 Publish Date : 2020/02/14
