Coronavirus

Tehran has hosted a videomapping event at the iconic Azadi Tower to express solidarity with the world amid the coronavirus pandemic.

An Iranian deputy Health Minister says more than 65 million people have been screened for COVID-19 infection across the country under a national mobilization scheme to contain the viral disease.

Iran’s Red Crescent Society says it has screened over 20 million Nowruz travellers for COVID-19 during the implementation of a national plan against the coronavirus.

An Iranian official says the social distancing plan was enforced in the Islamic Republic right at the time when the coronavirus was first detected in the country.

Tehran's iconic Milad Tower turned green on Sunday night to praise efforts of healthcare staff, and to urge people to Stay Home

A 98-year-old Iranian woman has made a miraculous recovery from the coronavirus after a 27-day hospital stint in the holy city of Mashhad, northeast of the country.

Iran's Health Ministry has confirmed 3,111 new cases of Coronavirus infection, including 141 new deaths, during the past 24 hours.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has dismissed the meddlesome and hateful statements of the US Secretary of State and the State Department spokesperson on Iran’s fight against coronavirus, saying such demagoguery remarks show the hatemongering nature of the US regime.

Iran’s president says according to the WHO figures the Islamic Republic is in a better condition than the other countries which are grappling with the deadly coronavirus.

Iran's foreign minister says US "medical terrorism" against Iranians through imposing toughest ever sanctions on the country is leading to a "humanitarian catastrophe" as it makes it “impossible” for ordinary people to have access to essential drugs amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

A temporary halt in the printing of Iranian newspapers due to Nowruz holidays may get much longer due to the closure of printing houses in the wake of outbreak of coronavirus.

The spokesperson for the Iranian administration says the overriding national duty at present is to defeat the sanctions and the coronavirus outbreak which have targeted Iran at the same time. 

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Mauritanian counterpart Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed have discussed the issues pertaining to the coronavirus pandemic.

Iran’s Minister of Health Saeid Namaki says an outstanding achievement of Iranian experts in controlling viral diseases is going to impress the world.

With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and the spread of the pandemic, the first advice to cut off the contagion chain is to stay home. In such circumstances, the place in which people live and the objects with which they are in touch are redefined, and will have a new and perhaps different meaning.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has recently talked to an Afghan refugee admitted to a hospital in Yazd province over the novel coronavirus.

Iran has unveiled its domestically-made coronavirus test kit and announced its mass-production has begun by the defence ministry.

Iran's Health Ministry has confirmed 3,186 new cases of coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, including 117 new deaths.

Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi says the theory of biological terror cannot be ruled out for the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus given the US-China hostilities.

Iran has extended visas and stay permits for foreign nationals in order to help contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Iran’s first vice president says the national capacity to identify coronavirus cases in the country has increased.

Iran’s foreign minister says the United States refuses to lift sanctions in a bid to push the Islamic Republic to the limit in its fight against the coronavirus.

As the medical ventilator has become a key device in saving coronavirus patients while COVID-19 pandemic moves around the globe, an Iranian knowledge-based company has begun to produce the homegrown version of such mechanical breathing devices.

Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has once again praised the country’s medical staft for their devotion to duty in the fight against the novel coronavirus, describing the national project to screen people for COVID-19 testing as a great job.

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran says Tehran has launched efforts to bring tens of Iranian students back from Italy, whose cities of residence have mostly been declared a red zone and put under lockdown amid the outbreak of coronavirus.