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The health ministry spokeswoman said that with the 213 new deaths the country's total COVID-19 death toll mounted to 52,883. Some 7,603 new cases of infection with the COVID-19 were found over the past 24 hours, some 1,157 of whom have been hospitalized, Sadat Lari said. She said that a total of 1,131,077 Iranians …

Addressing a ceremony to honor selected researchers and technologists of the country, he hailed Iran's status in the field of science and technology.Production of science in Iran has had a good position among the leading countries in the world for many years, but maintaining this position requires special and all-out …

President Rouhani and Guillermo Alejandro Puente Ordorica, the new Mexican ambassador to Iran, Ronny Prasetyo Yuliantoro, the ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Iran, and Samir Al-Manser, the ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia to Tehran discussed issues of bilateral importance.During a meeting with the newly-appointed Mexican ambassador, the …

“U.S. addiction to sanctions and contempt for international law at full display again,” Zarif wrote on his official Twitter account.The United States has sanctioned Turkey’s top defense procurement and development body Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), its chairman Ismail Demir and three other employees for purchasing Russian defense systems. “We …

Speaking in a press conference with domestic and foreign media reporters on Monday, President Rouhani said that "Iran-Turkey relations are very important and we are neighbors who have political and economic relations and discuss regional issues".Referring to recent remarks of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the Aras River …

Mohammadi said that the Cultural and Artistic Organization of Tehran Municipality kicked off the challenge to promote the culture of reading books among the Iranians.Referring to the motto of the challenge which is "Let's read books for 20 minutes every night", he noted that the inspiring move invites people to study …

Lari made the remarks speaking on the sidelines of a meeting of a provincial headquarters of the fight against the coronavirus disease in the northern province of Mazandaran.She said that four Iranian companies are now working to make a COVID-19 vaccine, one of which is scheduled to begin testing its …

Review of Scopus Database's citations by Stanford University researchers published in 'Plus Biology' on October 16, 2020 indicated that two prominent researchers from the university's Faculty of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering are among the top 2% of scientists in the world.Dr. Hamed Soleimani and Dr. Behnam Vahdani, faculty members of …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan traveled to Baku on Thursday to attend a military parade of Azerbaijani forces on the occasion of the liberation of the Armenian-occupied territories. At the ceremony, which was also attended by Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, he recited a piece of poetry, backtracked later by the …

In 2013, when President Hassan Rouhani administration took charge, the need for paying serious attention to development of country’s infrastructure facilities, particularly in gas and oil field, gained momentum again.Gradually, in less than 5 years and under the most severe US and partially international sanctions, the Iranian government managed to achieve self-sufficiency in …