Mousavi who was speaking in a press conference on Thursday added that Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, concurrent with the hardworking Health Ministry's endeavors, established a coronavirus fighting headquarters to pursue international dimensions of the outbreak, including supplying of medical needs.The official underlined that the ministry has followed up delivery …
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Philippines: No Filipinos in Iran infected by coronavirus
According to Manilla Bulletin, after the outbreak of the virus in Iran, the Philippine Embassy in Tehran advised all Filipinos in Iran to follow preventive measures to avoid infection with the virus and also cooperate to curb the disease.The statement wanted the Filipinos to avoid any unnecessary trips and public …
Read More »Schmid: JCPOA commission ends with substantial discussions
"Meeting of Joint Commission of the #JCPOA concluded with substantial discussions on next steps," she tweeted on Wednesday."As a follow up to the statement by @JosepBorellF, participants reviewed experts level discussions which have taken place in different formats in past weeks," she added. She noted: "Experts have been tasked to …
Read More »15th JCPOA joint commission convenes in Vienna
The meeting was co-chaired by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and European External Action Service Secretary General Helga Schmid.Representatives of EU, Germany, France, Russia, China, the UK, and Iran are taking part in the meeting. Schmid wrote on her Twitter account on Tuesday, “In Vienna to prepare first JCPOA …
Read More »Neighbors absorb $1.4b minerals in eight months
Some 8,500,000 tons products have been exported to these countries.Statistics on Iraq shows 5,713,000 tons minerals worth $ 798m were exported to Iraq which is regarded as 50% of the total amount. Meanwhile, Turkey absorbed 512,000 tons products worth $ 393m and Afghanistan imported 2,275,000 tons mineral products worth $ …
Read More »Zarif: Trump confesses Iran hatred against ISIS
"@realdonaldtrump just admitted what we all knew: US troops in Syria to "have the oil," Zarif tweeted on Tuesday."Also, that Russia, Syria, & Iran can fight ISIS, confessing, Iran hates ISIS," he added.Iranian top diplomat noted: "But not only did US NOT fight ISIS, it cowardly murdered its #1 enemy …
Read More »Schmid: Collectively, we have duty to preserve JCPOA
"In Vienna to prepare first #JCPOA Joint Commission of 2020, to continue to oversee the implementation of the agreement," Schmid wrote on her Twitter account.She added: "We have a collective responsibility to preserve the #IranDeal." The 15th meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission will be held on Wednesday (Feb 7) …
Read More »Iranian photographer to display his outstanding works at German exhibition
A provincial official in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province said that two works of Es’haq Aqaee are going to be a part of gallery themed "work all over the world."Mohammad-Sharif Eslami said that the event will go on for 50 days from March 5 to April 24. Eslami said that 18 prominent …
Read More »President says sanctions could not hinder construction of Tehran-Shomal Freeway
President Rouhani made the remarks in his speech to the opening ceremony on the first section of Tehran-Shomal Freeway.Construction of the freeway project during the sanctions era is glorious, the president said. He appreciated the efforts made by all the executives, engineers and workers to carry out the project. Tehran-Shomal …
Read More »FM spox: Closure of borders temporary
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a state of emergency in some parts of the world, he said, adding that taking steps to fight the virus must be taken collectively.The outbreak of coronavirus should not hinder public relations, exports as well as imports among countries, Mousavi underlined. Iranian Foreign Ministry …
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