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Zarif discusses Afghan situation, COVID-19 outbreak with Turkish, Qatari FMs
Apr 13, 2020 07:52Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks with his Turkish and Qatari counterparts on the latest political situation in Afghanistan and ways for collective action against the novel coronavirus.
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Foreign students not to attend Iranian universities until end of summer
Apr 13, 2020 06:58An Iranian Science Ministry official said foreign students of Iranian universities will not be attending this semester’s classes due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
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UAE: Drive-through coronavirus test centre opens in Dubai
Apr 13, 2020 03:52Coronavirus drive-through testing facility opened in Mina Rashid, Dubai, as footage filmed on Sunday shows.
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Turkey's interior minister resigns over lockdown decision, Erdogan rejects
Apr 13, 2020 03:46Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Sunday (April 12) he was resigning from his post over the implementation of a two-day curfew in major Turkish cities to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.
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Coronavirus infection, mortality rates falling in majority of Iran’s provinces: Official
Apr 13, 2020 03:32Iran’s deputy health minister said the novel coronavirus infection rate and the number of deaths have been on the decline in most of the country’s provinces.
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US senators urge Trump to clarify humanitarian exemptions on Iran sanctions
Apr 13, 2020 03:11A number of US senators penned a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, urging the administration to clarify humanitarian exemptions to American sanctions on Iran.
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IRGC commanders donate part of salaries to coronavirus relief
Apr 13, 2020 01:54The commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) are donating 20 percent of their salaries to coronavirus relief efforts, a spokesman said.
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We're all in this together, Iranian official writes to religious leaders for joint push against COVID-19
Apr 13, 2020 01:02Iran’s Secretary of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, Saied Reza Ameli, has called for the formation of a joint committee working against the COVID-19 pandemic in a letter to various world religious leaders.
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Iran's UN mission: Sanctions enemy’s ‘5th column’ in fight against pandemic
Apr 13, 2020 00:55Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York has issued a message to member countries, saying that the brutal sanctions imposed by the United States on the Islamic Republic act as the enemy’s “fifth column” as they compromise the country’s ability to control the ongoing pandemic of new coronavirus known as COVID-19.
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Iran has handled virus outbreak better than US, Europe: President Rouhani
Apr 12, 2020 06:35President Hassan Rouhani says Iran has handled the novel coronavirus outbreak better than Europe and the United States, assuring that the country's stocks of basic commodities are replenished better than ever.