Coronavirus

Iran will offer low-interest loans to employers to keep their employees on the job amid the coronavirus outbreak, a top official says.

The coronavirus outbreak has inflicted over Rls. 9.76 trillion ($65 million) in losses on Iran’s culture, art and media sectors, a top official says.

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran has condemned the US president’s decision to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) amid the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic as a crime against humanity.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says the dark picture of Iran portrayed by enemies is baseless and an outright lie.

Iran's Health Ministry spokesman says 94 people have died of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, increasing the death toll to 4,777.

Iran's IRGC says its experts have, for the first time in the world, developed a smart system capable of detecting COVID-19 and other types of viruses in the surrounding environment by creating a magnetic field.

Iranian Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs has encouraged people to contact a helpline to report the cases of domestic violence or child maltreatment as people have been told to stay home to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Iran's Health Ministry spokesman says only 98 people have died of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, a record-low number in a month.

Afghan nationals residing near the capital, Tehran, are producing over 1,000 hospital gowns per day.

The Iranian president says interest-free and low-interest loans will be offered to millions of Iranians and businesses affected by the coronavirus outbreak.

As in previous years, the Municipality of Mashhad in northeastern Iran has planted tulips in the city's parks, including Mellat Park, at the beginning of spring.

Iranian researchers specializing in the cell science have launched a project to use cell-therapy for treatment of the COVID-19 infection, and concluded that the injection of Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into coronavirus patients can be effective in treating the disease.

Iran's Vice President for Legal Affairs has described the US sanctions as an “illegitimate and unjustified” obstacle to block Iran's access to its frozen assets saying that such sanctions must not impede granting of loans to Iran.

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.

Iranian Foreign Minister and his Indian counterpart have talked about the United States' "unlawful and unilateral" sanctions against the Iranian people.

Iran's Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour says 45,983 patients have so far recovered from the novel coronavirus, and been discharged from the hospital.

A photo has gone viral in Iran showing an old woman infected with the novel coronavirus sleeping on the lap of a young male nurse on the floor.

A group of medical workers in Iran have been seen in protective suits bearing poems and sentences that bring to mind their relentless efforts in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak.

Head of the Health Department of the Iranian Armed Forces’ General Staff says it is not easy to definitely assert the coronavirus is a human-made one, but the issue is being studied at scientific centres.

A report by Iran’s official news agency IRNA has analyzed the way certain foreign Persian-speaking media outlets cover the developments pertaining to the coronavirus outbreak in Iran, saying the “biased and unprofessional” coverage comes as no surprise

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) are donating 20 percent of their salaries to coronavirus relief efforts, a spokesman said.

Iran's Health Ministry spokesman has confirmed 117 new deaths caused by the novel coronavirus, increasing the death toll to 4,474.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the Iranian people may travel within provinces as of today (Apr. 12) and travel to other provinces as of Apr. 20.

Iran’s first vice president says new economic programs are required in order to tackle the repercussions of the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus is spreading in all parts of Iran's Yazd province and has even affected many of its villages. The number of people living with corona in Yazd province has exceeded 1,200, but the populous city of Nadushan has not reported any coronavirus cases so far.