Reports that Iranian trucks have been delivering fuel to Nagorno-Karabakh have sparked a sharp reaction in Azerbaijan, with Baku summoning Iranian diplomats and accusing Tehran of exacerbating the …
Combating the Coronavirus, Bahrain Offers Health & Economic Success Story
Bahrain recorded is first COVID-19 case, when a school bus driver who had recently traveled home from pilgrimage in Iran by way of Dubai tested positive. Alarm bells immediately went off.
Iran coronavirus death toll up as official warns of autumn rise in cases
Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur, speaking on state television, said the death toll had risen by 92, while the total number of cases of infection reached 77,995. The report said that Iran’s …
Coronavirus: Iran and the US trade blame over sanctions
The sanctions have driven Iran’s economy into severe recession, with oil exports largely stopping, major foreign companies pulling out to avoid US penalties and the value of the local currency …
Is Iran’s virus fight being harmed by sanctions?
With Iran one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus, a war of words has broken out over the impact of US sanctions. Iran says they’re hampering its battle with the disease – but the US …
Opinion: Iran’s Aggression Continues Even Amid Coronavirus And ‘Maximum Pressure’
In the early days of January, President Trump authorized the killing of Iran’s top military commander, Qassem Soleimani, citing the need to reestablish deterrence after an Iranian proxy in Iraq killed …
Myanmar military steps up attacks as coronavirus spreads
Yangon, Myanmar – As deaths from the new coronavirus mounted in South Korea, Iran and Italy in early March, Myanmar’s military called off grand plans to mark the 75th anniversary of its World War II …
Iran’s coronavirus death toll rises by 92 to 4,869: health official
Iran’s neweath toll has risen by 92 to reach 4,869, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said in a statement on state TV on Thursday. Iran’s total number of cases of people infected with the new …
Hong Kong? Bushfires? What’s been happening on the biggest non-coronavirus stories of the year
New Year’s Day saw another huge pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong; bushfires in Australia destroyed more than 18 million hectares of forest and left at least 34 dead; while a U.S. missile killed Iran’s …
AP PHOTOS: In Iran, isolated musicians perform from rooftops
On the rooftop terrace of her Tehran apartment building, 28-year-old Mojgan Hosseini’s fingers pluck the strings of her qanun, an ancient stringed instrument, bringing life …