News Archive - 27 February 2020

In a statement, the ministry of foreign affairs said the suspensions were temporary but provided no timeframe for their expiry. It is likely too soon to say if the restrictions would impact the annual Haj pilgrimage, which is scheduled to begin in late July. According to Reuters, Saudi Arabia has...

Answering a question about the sudden and unannounced halting of Iranian flights from and to the United Arab Emirates, Mousavi said the Iranian ministry has done all its efforts to bring back Iranians from Emirates and resume the flights in near future. UAE halted all Iran flights over coronavirus outbreak after Kuwait...

The news came a while after Imam Khomeini Airport City spokesman Ali Kashani Heidari said on Thursday that according to an order issued by Iranian Immigration and Passport Police Office, entrance of all Chinese nationals to Iran is forbidden. As Kashani Heidari said, in a bid to curb coronavirus spread,...

In a Thursday meeting in Geneva, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for International and Legal Affairs Mohsen Baharvand and Jagan Chapagain held a meeting on the Covid-19. The sides discussed how the international federation can send medical equipment, including coronavirus test kits, to Iran that is battling with the disease. “The...

The freight will be transported to Iran by Mahan Air, Abbas Mousavi said. He also informed of tight cooperation between foreign ministry with health ministry for curbing the virus. The foreign ministry has supply of medical requirements form international sources on agenda. According to a senior official in Iran’s health...

The coronavirus is spreading in the Middle East, Europe and other parts of the world, as Brazil confirmed its first case in Latin America, while parts of China begin to lower their emergency response level as the number of new cases reported there continues to slow. More deaths have been...

He made the remarks while addressing the UN Conference on Disarmament, held in Geneva on Wednesday. In response to comments by Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister who had criticized Iran for helping the people of Yemen, Baharvand said “This is a war that you (Saudis) have started and still continue with...

In a meeting with head of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences, Alireza Marandi on Thursday, the Leader said, "I express gratitude to the doctors, nurses and the medical staff as well as the health ministry and the minister, for their efforts in fight against the outbreak of the virus."...

“With the official announcement of the AFC, matches of the four Iranian representatives in the third week of AFC Champions League has been postponed,” according to a statement published by Esteghlal FC. Esteghlal, Persepolis, Sepahan, and Shahr Khodro represent Iran in the league. Esteghlal, Persepolis, and Shahr Khordo were scheduled...

According to the governor of Ghasr-e-shirin Moradali Tatar, exports and imports of goods besides other trade activities have been resumed at the named joint borders, while quarantine sectors have been established in both Iraqi and Iranian sides. "Presently, 500 trucks of goods are daily exported from Iran via Khosravi border,...

Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour announced that from among 245 announced cases, 106 ones are the most recently confirmed ones, of which 38 ones are in Tehran, 23 from Gilan, 7 in Qom, one in Hamedan, 8 in Isfahan, 7 in Mazandaran, 5 in Ardabil, 3 in Alborz, one in...

As he informed, Turkey had not permitted the 25 Turks, who are studying in Iran's Qom city, into their home country, recognizing them as coronavirus suspects. Accordingly, the individuals were quarantined temporarily at a hotel in Maku, before leaving the country for Turkey. None of the individuals show symptoms of the disease.

RASHT, Feb. 27 (MNA) – Firefighters of Rasht, Gilan province, help disinfecting public places of the city every night to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus, Covid-19.     ...

QOM, Feb. 27 (MNA) – Patients infected by COVID-19 are receiving treatment in the isolated Intensive Care Unit in Forghani Hospital, Qom city.    ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – A two-day non-stop raining freshened the air in the Iranian capital of Tehran. Photos have been taken on Wednesday afternoon.    ...