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US Sanctions on Iran Threat to Global Public Health: Envoy

TEHRAN (defapress) – Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh, Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva, described the US sanctions against the country as an "unprecedented threat" to global public health amid the coronavirus pandemic.
News ID: 80704    Publish Date : 2020/04/04

Top EU Court Says Eastern States Broke Law by Refusing to Host Refugees

TEHRAN (defapress) - The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic had broken the law by refusing to host refugees to help ease the burden on southern states such as Greece and Italy after a surge in migrant arrivals from 2015.
News ID: 80703    Publish Date : 2020/04/03

IOC President Thomas Bach Thanks Iran

TEHRAN (defapress) – International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has thanked Iran for its support to postpone the 2020 Olympic Games due to coronavirus.
News ID: 80702    Publish Date : 2020/04/03

‘No One Is Fooled’ by US Disinformation Campaign against Iran: Envoy

TEHRAN (defapress) - Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said no one will be fooled by Washington's efforts to spread disinformation about Tehran and the country’s diplomats.
News ID: 80701    Publish Date : 2020/04/03

Commander of US Aircraft Carrier Hit by Coronavirus Removed

TEHRAN (defapress) - The commander of a US aircraft carrier that has been hit by a major outbreak of coronavirus has been relieved of command.
News ID: 80700    Publish Date : 2020/04/03

Iraq's Hezbollah Warns Trump against Any Aggressive Move

TEHRAN (defapress) - Iraq’s Kata’ib Hezbollah (Hezbollah Brigades) warned US President Donald Trump about taking any hostile measures against the Iraqi nation and resistance groups.
News ID: 80699    Publish Date : 2020/04/03

Iraq Suspends Reuters' Operations over COVID-19 Report

TEHRAN (defapress) - Iraq’s Communications and Media Commission said Friday that it has banned international news agency Reuters from operating in the country for three months for reporting that the number of the nation’s novel coronavirus cases is much higher than official figures.
News ID: 80698    Publish Date : 2020/04/03

Iran Speaker Larijani under Quarantine after Testing Positive for Coronavirus

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani was quarantined at home after showing symptoms of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19.
News ID: 80697    Publish Date : 2020/04/03

World Surpasses 1 Million Coronavirus Cases

TEHRAN (defapress) - Number of confirmed coronavirus cases globally soars past one million as the US reports more than 1,000 dead in a day.
News ID: 80696    Publish Date : 2020/04/03

Iran’s Coronavirus Situation to ‘Greatly Change’ in Coming Days: Minister

TEHRAN (defapress) – Great advances have been made in the diagnosis and treatment of the novel coronavirus which can largely change the country’s virus situation in the near future, Iran’s Health Minister Saeed Namaki said.
News ID: 80695    Publish Date : 2020/04/03

COVID-19 Has Become A Political Issue in US amid Global Response to Pandemic: Analyst

TEHRAN (defapress) - While unitary states around the world move ahead with responses to the coronavirus pandemic, the viral virus has become an issue for political opponents in the United States, an American analyst says.
News ID: 80694    Publish Date : 2020/04/03

Venezuelan Officials Reject US Initiative on Transitional Government

TEHRAN (defapress) - The Venezuelan government considers the US initiative on establishing a transitional government in the country as an attempt to interfere into Venezuela's internal affairs, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza wrote on his official Twitter account on Tuesday.
News ID: 80693    Publish Date : 2020/04/02

Spokesman Rejects as 'Fabricated' Bahrain’s Ruling against Iranian Bank

TEHRAN (defapress) - Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi decried the Bahraini government’s ruling against Ayandeh Bank (Future Bank) and a number of other Iranian banks, saying the rulings are based on trumped-up charges and lack any legal credibility.
News ID: 80692    Publish Date : 2020/04/02

UN Climate Summit Postponed until 2021 Because of COVID-19

TEHRAN (defapress) - This year's United Nations global climate summit is being postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, host country Britain said Wednesday,
News ID: 80691    Publish Date : 2020/04/02

'Shoot Them Dead': Duterte Says He Won't Tolerate Lockdown Violators

TEHRAN (defapress) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned violators of coronavirus lockdown measures they could be shot for causing trouble and said abuse of medical workers was a serious crime that would not be tolerated.
News ID: 80690    Publish Date : 2020/04/02

Ansurullah Urges Saudi-Led Coalition to Consider Yemen’s Mediation Proposal

TEHRAN (defapress) - Yemen’s popular Houthi Ansarullah movement has called on the Saudi-led coalition of aggressors to consider its proposal for 12-party mediation aimed at ending the bloody war on the impoverished Arab state.
News ID: 80689    Publish Date : 2020/04/02

China Says US Officials Making Shameless Comments on Coronavirus Data

TEHRAN(defapress) - China's foreign ministry said on Thursday that US officials are making "shameless" comments casting doubt about China's reporting of coronavirus cases in the country.
News ID: 80688    Publish Date : 2020/04/02

Iraq: US Threats Aimed at Diverting Its Public Opinion from COVID-19 Mismanagement

TEHRAN (defapress) - A spokesman for Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) said Washington, by leaking out news suggesting the US intends to target resistance groups, is, in fact, seeking to cover up the realities of a leadership void amid the quickly worsening coronavirus pandemic in the country.
News ID: 80687    Publish Date : 2020/04/02

Vank Cathedral: A Gorgeous Fusion of Islamic, Armenian Architecture

TEHRAN (defapress) - The centuries-old Vank Cathedral (locally called Kelisa-ye Vank) is widely referred to as an everlasting masterpiece of architecture.
News ID: 80686    Publish Date : 2020/04/02

Zarif to Trump: Iran Has No Proxies in Region but Has Friends

TEHRAN (defapress) - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on the world not to be misled by US President Donald Trump’s war rhetoric against Iran, noting that the Islamic Republic will “start no war but teaches those who do”.
News ID: 80685    Publish Date : 2020/04/02

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