Iran Closes Schools, Takes Other Measures As Virus Toll Rises Further
RFL/RE - Iran has closed all schools and adopted a series of other new measures as it battles the worst…
Month: March 2020
Iran’s Coronavirus Death Toll, Infections Increase Amid Criticism Of Belated Government Response
RFL/RE - The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Iran keeps growing amid criticism of what is seen as…
Iran: At Least One Prisoner Hanged in Urmia
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - At least one death-row prisoner was hanged on Sunday, March 1, at Urmia prison, West…
UN nuclear watchdog: Iran dragging feet on access to nuclear sites
Al-Monitor - Iran has dragged its feet on providing access to three sites suspected of past possible involvement in Iran’s…
Iran risks confrontation with Turkey over Idlib
Al-Monitor - Ankara’s defiant reaction to the Syrian army’s advances in the northwestern province of Idlib has led the Syrian…
Iran to temporarily free 54,000 prisoners as coronavirus spreads
CNN - Iran will temporarily release 54,000 people from prisons and deploy hundreds of thousands of health workers as officials announced…
Iranian Instrument maker Zolfaqar Beitaneh picked as Living Human Treasure
PayvandNews - The South Khorasan Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department (SKCHTHD) has selected dotar maker Zolfaqar Beitaneh as a…
Coronavirus Cases Reach Close To 3,000 In Iran, Death Toll On the Rise
Radiofarda - With 586 new patients tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) during the past day, the total number of those…
US Senate Meeting on violations of human rights of minorities in Iran
Shabtabnews - Yesterday, there was a committee meeting in US senate chaired by Ambassador Sam Brownback , the US Ambassador at…
Iran Says ‘No Obligation’ To Let IAEA Into Certain Sites
AFP - Tehran has no obligation to grant the UN's nuclear watchdog access to sites in Iran when it deems…