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Tehran's Azadi Tower lit up with messages of solidarity
Apr 01, 2020 01:06A video with messages urging solidarity and unity between cities and countries during the coronavirus crisis was projected on the walls of Tehran's Azadi Tower on Tuesday.
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Iran mass producing anti-malaria drug to treat coronavirus
Mar 31, 2020 10:53At a time when US sanctions hinder Iran’s access to drugs and medical equipment, the country’s pharmaceutical companies and leading infectious disease experts have taken matters into their own hands. In places like Iran Darou Company, they have joined hands to produce an anti-malaria drug, recommended by the WHO, to treat COVID-19 patients.
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Tropical Trump snubbed by Facebook, Instagram, attacked by Brazilian opposition
Mar 31, 2020 10:48In extraordinary moves, social media platforms Facebook and Instagram have removed videos posted by Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, and the country’s opposition has demanded that he resign over his response to the outbreak.
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Tehran, Rome mayors exchange virus fight experience
Mar 31, 2020 10:42The mayors of Tehran and Rome, Pirouz Hanachi and Virginia Raggi, have exchanged their respective municipalities’ experiences in confronting the new coronavirus outbreak.
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Gun stores in Los Angeles allowed to open amid lockdown over coronavirus
Mar 31, 2020 09:48Gun stores in Los Angeles, California will be allowed to open after days of discussion over whether they are an essential service amid tightening restrictive measures to contain the coronavirus.
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Red tape cripples America’s coronavirus response: US media
Mar 31, 2020 09:44Red tape, together with insufficient medical supplies has caused the United States to fall behind on coronavirus testing, the New York Post and CNBC said.
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Syria UN envoy calls for lifting of sanctions amid COVID-19 outbreak
Mar 31, 2020 09:35Syria’s Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Ja’afari has called upon the international community to work on lifting illegal economic sanctions and coercive measures imposed on his war-ravaged country and other states as the world is battling to rein in a deadly coronavirus pandemic.
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China to UN: Unilateral Syria sanctions must be lifted amid pandemic
Mar 31, 2020 09:26China has called for the complete and immediate lifting of unilateral sanctions against Syria, saying the “coercive measures” will hamper the war-ravaged country’s efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
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Europe sends medical supplies to Iran in first INSTEX transaction: Germany
Mar 31, 2020 09:10Germany says the three European signatories to the 2015 Iran deal have registered the first transaction under a trade system set up last year to protect companies doing business with Iran from US sanctions, delivering medical supplies to the Islamic Republic amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Rouhani hails public compliance with social distancing measures in virus fight
Mar 31, 2020 08:13President Hassan Rouhani has expressed his gratitude to the Iranian nation for their cooperation with a crisis task force set up to manage the nationwide battle against the coronavirus pandemic, saying public support has played a key role in the government’s plans to fight and curtail the outbreak.