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Security forces will empty the streets of cities across Iran in the next 24 hours in a drive to fight the spread of the new coronavirus, state television reported on Friday. “Our law enforcement and security committees, along with the…

Iran on Thursday reported 75 new deaths from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said, bringing the death toll to 429 in the worst-hit country in the Middle East. “We have identified 1,075 new confirmed cases of…

Iran has released approximately 70,000 prisoners because of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, Iranian judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday, according to Mizan, the news site of the judiciary. “The release of the prisoners,…

Iran’s health ministry said on Sunday that total coronavirus death toll has reached 194, while the number of cases has risen to 6,566

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called on all nations to hold Iran accountable for its nuclear commitments and said Tehran’s failure to report nuclear material was a clear violation of safeguard agreements. Pompeo told a…

Thirty-four people have died so far in Iran because of coronavirus infections, a health ministry spokesman said on Friday. The total number of people diagnosed with the disease is 388, he said in an announcement on state TV.

Iran confirmed on Thursday 22 deaths from the new coronavirus, along with 141 infected people. Publishing new figures on the spread of the disease across the country, the official IRNA news agency said three more people died from the…

Iranians voted on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to help hardline loyalists of the supreme leader tighten their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear program and growing discontent at home.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday, that voting in a parliamentary election this week is “a religious duty” for Iranians, , days before the vote seen as a referendum on the clerical establishment’s popularity. He also…

President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised news conference on Sunday, "Iran will never hold talks with its longtime foe, the United States, under pressure,"  adding that Tehran’s help was essential to establish security in the Middle…