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Iran’s government spokesman says the Islamic Republic is ready to exchange more prisoners with the United States without any preconditions.

The Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) index has surpassed 1 million points for the first time in history.

The idea of knocking off zeros from countries’ national currencies goes back decades, with some governments removing noughts from banknotes several times to harness inflation.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says mosques will be reopened as of tomorrow in 132 "low-risk" counties, and schools may also reopen later this month.

A senior Iranian military official says If American forces make the slightest encroachment on Iran’s territorial waters, they will be slapped in the face harder than before.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has highlighted the country’s success in dealing with the novel coronavirus outbreak, saying the Islamic Republic has begun to export the health supplies necessary for the fight against COVID-19 after meeting the domestic demand.

The Iranian president has praised the successful launch into orbit of the country’s first defence satellite as an invaluable national achievement.

A senior Iranian official says the coronavirus pandemic will reach its peak in autumn when the influenza virus infection will also reach its zenith after 11 years.

The spokesperson for Iran’s administration has reminded the US government that the international institutions are not its private properties and Washington has no right to veto the International Monetary Fund’s plans for giving Iran a loan.

The spokesman for the Iranian administration Ali Rabiei has warned that a long-term shutdown of businesses amid the outbreak of coronavirus and the government’s non-intervention in the labor market policies could result in the unemployment of more than 4 million people in the country.

The Vatican has called on the White House to heed Iran’s concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.

Iran says neither the United States, nor any other country in the world, has the power to veto the loan requests of International Monetary Fund (IMF) member states.

In controversial remarks, Iran’s health ministry spokesman has criticized China for its inaccurate reports regarding the coronavirus, saying the initial reports made other countries underestimate the severity of the disease.

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani has slammed the US sanctions on health and medical goods, saying sanctions on health items are an illegal and inhumane act and a symbol of Donald Trump's open enmity with the Iranian people.

There is currently no vaccine to prevent the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), so the best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to the virus. Washing the hands and keeping them clean is the first and most important defence.

The government of Hassan Rouhani has announced details of its plans to counter the coronavirus and support businesses affected by the epidemic.

An Iranian epidemiologist has hailed South Korea’s approach in containing the deadly coronavirus saying by using the isolation policy it managed to stop its spread.

A manager of an Iranian pharmaceutical company describes how the United States’ sanctions against the Islamic Republic have devastated the country’s health sector, especially now that Iran is gripped by the novel coronavirus.

The university students of Iran have sent a shipment of health and medical supplies to people of the United States amid the outbreak of coronavirus that is rapidly spreading through the US.

The Iranian president says fellow countrymen should prepare themselves to live with the coronavirus until a vaccine or treatment is developed for it.

Iranian singers have started giving online concerts to entertain the people who have locked themselves up at homes amid the coronavirus outbreak.

A social distancing plan to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus has gone into effect in Iran in as of Friday, forcing business owners to close or remain open during the enforcement of the plan.

A senior Iranian commander says the United States’ claim of intending to help Iranian people tackle the coronavirus outbreak is just demagoguery, as the country itself is failing to protect US citizens.

Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi says that the ministry has found new indications as to how the novel coronavirus made its way to the country.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has dismissed the US State Department’s claim that food, medicine and other humanitarian supplies are exempt from the sanctions on Iran, calling on Iranian expatriates in the US to provide whatever document verifying a single financial transaction for such purchases.