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Al-Arabia – Two different types of coronavirus strains could be causing infections worldwide, according to researchers at China’s Peking University. “Almost 70 percent of the analyzed strains were linked to a more aggressive type of coronavirus, dubbed as the ‘L type,’ while the remaining 30 percent had been caused by a lesser aggressive ‘S type,’ the findings said. Click here …

Radiofarda – US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook says the Islamic Republic of Iran has lied to its own people about the Coronavirus outbreak in that country. Hook also regretted that Tehran has rejected Washington’s offer of extending relief aide to Iran. Speaking at a news conference during his visit to Paris on Thursday March 5, Hook said that …

RFL/RE – The United States has called for Iran to be held accountable for its commitments under international nuclear treaties, accusing Tehran of violating safeguards. “All nations must hold Iran accountable to its commitments, otherwise the NPT [Nuclear Proliferation Treaty] isn’t worth the paper it is written on,” U.S. Secretary Mike Pompeo told a news conference on March 5. Earlier …

RFL/RE – A top Iranian military official is spreading a conspiracy theory regarding the coronavirus amid an outbreak in the Islamic republic that has killed more than 100 people, including an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, and infected more than 3,500, according to official figures. Hossein Salami, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), suggested on March 5 …

VOA – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is urging the U.N. Security Council to renew the arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October. “As we approach this big demarcation that occurs in October, the very missiles that put American lives at risk in Iraq, and the very missiles that fell on Saudi Aramco, can be lawfully sold …