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Iran logs +15k new Covid cases, 227 more deaths

Iran has recorded another day of over 200 Coronavirus deaths as it fights the sixth wave of the pandemic, being pushed by the Omicron variant of the virus.

Uzbek officials visit Iranian technology exhibition in Tehran

Sardar Omar Zaghev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan, along with several other Uzbek ministers and deputy ministers, have visited the exhibition of Iranian export-and knowledge-based products, known as the i-Hit in Tehran.

Raisi: Iran ready to share technical knowledge with Africa

President Ebrahim Raisi says Iran is ready to transfer technical knowledge to African countries and boost cooperation with them.

Foreign investors seeking cooperation with Iran’s knowledge-based firms

Scores of investors from over a dozen countries negotiated with Iranian knowledge-based companies during the 4th Technology Investment Meeting of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation on Tuesday to develop technological relations.

Jewish MP critical of Herzog’s visit to Iran

Homayoun Sameyah Najafabadi, the representative of the Jewish community in Iran’s parliament has criticized a visit by Israeli ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Jacob Yisrael Herzog to Iran.

Iranians hold funeral for pilots killed in plane crash in Tabriz

People in the Iranian city of Tabriz have held a funeral for the pilots of a fighter jet and a civilian who were killed after the plane crashed in an urban area.

Iran Covid: 140mn Covid-19 vaccines administered; 223 new deaths

The total number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in Iran has surpassed 140,000,000 as the country tries to contain its sixth wave of the outbreak that killed 223 people over the past 24 hours.

Covid kills 236 people in 24 hours in Iran

Iranian Health Ministry figures on Monday showed that 236 more people died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.

Death row convict dies of heart attack after being spared

An Iranian man who committed murder 18 years ago and was struggling with the nightmare of execution all these past years was shocked to hear that the victim’s parents had forgiven him, and had a heart attack.

Army training jet crashes “leaving 3 dead”

A training jet of the Iranian Army’s Air Force has crashed in the northern city of Tabriz, reportedly killing three people. The F-5 fighter jet crashed, due to “technical faults” in its systems, near Tabriz International Airport in the northwestern side of the city.

COVID deaths on rise in Iran as Omicron sends more people to hospitals

Omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across Iran, is gradually driving the daily death toll higher, with more patients diagnosed with COVID-19 being admitted to hospitals countrywide.

Iranian firm produces, exports advanced wound dressings

An Iranian knowledge-based company has produced advanced wound dressing products, with structures similar to human skins.

Covid kills 191 more people in Iran

Covid deaths in Iran have hit its highest level in months.

Iranian athletes bag 4 medals in Bulgaria wrestling contests

Iranian wrestlers have won one gold and three bronze medals in Bulgaria’s Danklov and Nikolai Petrov Cup competitions.

Omicron wave puts 337 Iranian cities on ‘red’ alert

Iran’s health officials have updated the number of ‘red’ cities on the color-coded COVID-19 map to 337, up from 247, as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus keeps spreading at a lightning speed countrywide.

COVID kills 187 as Iran braces for Omicron peak in 2 weeks

Infections with COVID-19 have claimed 187 more lives in Iran over the past day, amid predictions by health officials that the Omicron wave of the coronavirus will reach the peak in two weeks.

Iranian health minister: Iranians do not seek medical treatment abroad

Iranian Health Minister Bahram Enollahi says Iranians no longer seek medical treatment abroad.

Azizi Khadem removed from Iran football federation presidency

Shahaboddin Azizi Khadem has been removed from the presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation.

Iranians returning from Iraq should be fully vaccinated

Iran's Interior Ministry has announced that Covid-19 PCR tests performed in Iraq lack validity so Iranian pilgrims returning to the country should have received two doses of coronavirus vaccine.

Covid-19 claims 182 more lives in Iran

182 more people in Iran have lost their lives to the coronavirus as the country struggles to contain its sixth wave of the outbreak.

Official: Number of Covid deaths, infections doubled in Iran

The director of Tehran’s Crisis Prevention and Management Organization says the number of infections and deaths from Covid’s last strain known as Omicron has doubled.

Hospital data shows Omicron can infect lungs: Iranian official

A senior Iranian health official says observations show the Omicron strain of the coronavirus is able to infect the lungs as well, although it mainly affects the upper respiratory tract.

Iran develops new vaccine against Omicron variant of coronavirus

Iranian scientists have successfully developed a new vaccine customized to target the Omicron variant of coronavirus, with preliminary studies showing 100 percent effectiveness against the strain.

Covid kills 167 more people in Iran

Covid death toll remains high in Iran where the Coronavirus pandemic, now driven into the Omicron strain of the virus, is infecting tens of thousands on a daily basis.

Daily Covid-19 deaths in Iran rise to 168

The numbers of Civid-19 infections and deaths are surging in Iran as the country grapples with its sixth wave of the outbreak of the respiratory disease

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