Leader commends nurses for heroic sacrifices in COVID times

Rouhani: New US sanctions on Iran ‘terrorist, cruel’ effort to prevent medicine, food purchases ...

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says new sanctions imposed by the United States on the Iranian banking sector amount to an effort of a ‘terrorist, cruel and inhumane’ nature aimed at putting major obstacles to fund transfers for the purchase of medicine and food amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Imam Khomeini: Physicians and nurses play an important part. Affection to the patients, inspiring ...

Zarif says Iran remains ready to continue assisting Lebanon

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic remains ready to continue assisting Lebanon following the catastrophic explosion of August 4 that ravaged the port of Beirut and made the cabinet resign.

Truman’s war crimes at Hiroshima and Nagasaki

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While proponents of the bombings have long justified them on the basis that they shortened World War II, the fact is that they were war crimes. The only reason why President Truman and the pilots who dropped the bombs were not prosecuted as war criminals is because the United States ended up winning the war.

Iran coronavirus fatalities drop to double figures for first time in month

Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki says the number of fatalities from the novel coronavirus pandemic has dropped to double figures for the first time in one month.

US hampering Iran's coronavirus fight

A high-ranking Iranian security official says the efforts made by the administration of US President Donald Trump to block Iran's access to financial and other resources it needs to contain an ongoing pandemic of new coronavirus, known as COVID-19, amount to crime against humanity.

Iran to introduce smart distancing’ initiative to curb the outbreak of COVID-19

Speaking during a meeting in the National Headquarters to Fight the Coronavirus on Saturday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the first and second phases of the country’s physical distancing plan had attained “good achievements”.