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Iran’s Vice President for Science and Technology says Iranian researchers have gained an achievement to diagnose COVID-19 disease by artificial intelligence.

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday, April 4, 2020, and picked headlines from 11 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.

In a rare opinion piece published by The Guardian, Tehran’s mayor Pirouz Hanachi has argued that the US sanctions are crippling the Islamic Republic’s fight against the novel coronavirus.

Iran’s Health Ministry says 158 people have died of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the highest number of deaths a day since the beginning of the outbreak in the country.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has unveiled a "smart social distancing" plan due to be enforced across the country as a new phase of measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19.

Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency says the IAEA will soon send two rapid coronavirus diagnostic test devices to Iran.

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations says the sky is the limit when it comes to Washington officials leveling accusations against the Islamic Republic.

Representatives elected to the 11th Iranian Parliament have affirmed their commitment to laying the groundwork for boosting domestic production.

The official leading operations to fight COVID-19 in the Iranian capital, Tehran, says fresh waves of infection could be looming in the metropolis.

Some 110 consignments dispatched to help fight the coronavirus outbreak in Iran have been cleared at the Customs Office of the Imam Khomeini International Airport.

Several Iranian world champions as well as a renowned actor have rolled up their sleeves to reach out to needy families amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The Iranian president has issued fresh orders with regards to the campaign against the coronavirus as well as the necessity of propping up businesses affected by the COVID-19.

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.

Iran's Health Ministry says 17,935 patients have so far recovered from the COVID-19 and been discharged from the hospital.

Women in villages in southeastern Iran are using their skills to breathe new life into local underground water canals.

More than 31 million face masks have been produced or imported since the coronavirus first broke out in Iran.

Iran’s Health Minister Saeid Namaki says the WHO officials have praised Iran's activities in the fight against Coronavirus and sought to use the country’s experiences throughout the region.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has given an assurance that the country will have no problem supplying the foreign currency required for health facilities and basic commodities.

Iran’s Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari says three domestic teams are working separately on research into a coronavirus vaccine.

Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has tested positive for the novel Coronavirus, and is under quarantine now.

An Iranian official says the EU’s financial mechanism to facilitate trade with Iran known as INSTEX is not meeting the country's needs to confront the Coronavirus.

Spokesman of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps says the IRGC will unveil its new healthcare achievements in the coming days.

Iran’s Health Ministry has announced 2,875 new cases of COVID-19 infection, including 124 new deaths, in 24 hours.

The Iranian first vice-president has called on fellow countrymen to reach out to, and introduce those in need, including those whose livelihoods have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.