The health ministry spokeswoman said that with the 382 new deaths, the country's total COVID-19 death toll mounted to 48,628.Some 13,881 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 2,237 of whom have been hospitalized, Sadat Lari added. She said that a total of 975,951 Iranians …
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On World AIDS Day, UN urges world solidarity to overcome COVID-19 & AIDS
Guterres' message which was released on the occasion of the World AIDS Day was e-mailed to IRNA by the United Nations Information Center (UNIC) in Tehran.The full text of his message reads: With the world’s attention focused on the COVID-19 crisis, World AIDS Day is a reminder of the need to …
Read More »Terror cannot stop Iran’s progress: Russian Scholar
In an interview with IRNA on Tuesday, Vadim Khomenkov said that Iran has taken strong steps in the field of science and technology in recent decades and it is quite clear that the enemies of this country, especially the US and Israel, are worried about the country 's progress and the assassination of Iran's defense industry scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was a sign of weakness of Iranian enemies .He added that fakhrizadeh 's assassination showed that the enemies of Iran do any action to stop Iran making advances in scientific fields that the Iranian nation would enjoy it . The Russian scholar and university teacher pointed to the US program for holding backward the countries in the …
Read More »Victim of Sardasht chemical warfare demands UN chief to bring to justice perpetrators
Shafei introduces herself as a mother who was a 27-year-old teacher at the time of chemical attack on the Iranian city.Shafei said in her letter to the UN secretary-general that she along with her daughter and many others were wounded by chemical weapons in northwest of Iran, Association for Defending …
Read More »Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on December 1
** IRAN DAILY-- Iran urges South Korea to release its frozen assets Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Mojtaba Zonnouri urged South Korean officials to release the blocked Iranian money as soon as possible.Zonnouri made the remarks during his virtual meeting with the head of the …
Read More »Iran urges punishment of perpetrators of Fakhrizadeh assassination
This terrorist act took place at a time when Martyr Fakhrizadeh was playing a prominent role in the production of the first indigenous diagnosis kits and coronavirus vaccine for Iranian citizens, as well as the international efforts to stem the deadly disease, the message said.Preliminary evidence suggests that the perpetrators …
Read More »Bahrain condemns assassination of top Iranian scientist
The Bahraini foreign ministry also stressed the need to continue efforts to reduce tensions and prevent their escalation in the region and maintain security and stability.Given the current situation in the region, Bahrain calls on all parties to show utmost self-restraint in order to avoid dragging the region to a …
Read More »Zarif once again condemns Fakhrizadeh assassination
Pompeo's surprise visits to the region, tripartite meeting in Saudi Arabia, and Netanyahu's statements all illustrate this conspiracy, which unfortunately culminated in a cowardly terrorist act on Friday that led to the martyrdom of one of the country's top scientists.But at the same time as this terrorist act, a counter-intelligence …
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