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Iran, Cuba to collaborate on producing coronavirus vaccine

Jan 11, 2021 02:03

Iran and Cuba signed an official agreement on Friday, according to which they agreed to collaborate on producing a coronavirus vaccine in a joint effort.
Iran’s COVID vaccine fully home-grown, no Chinese, Cuban role involved: SETAD

Jan 04, 2021 02:51

Iran’s SETAD, an economic conglomerate that owns major pharmaceutical companies, has denied reports that it has used Chinese or Cuban expertise to develop an indigenous vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
Joint cooperation with Cuba in coronavirus vaccine production ‘among priorities’: Iran official

Jan 01, 2021 11:48

An Iranian Health Ministry official says the production of coronavirus vaccine in cooperation with Cuba is one of Tehran’s priorities after such other alternatives as purchasing from a foreign country and participation in the World Health Organization’s COVAX program.
Iran, Cuba, Venezuela raise alarm on impact of sanctions in light of COVID-19

Dec 01, 2020 11:01

Iran, Cuba and Venezuela host a virtual seminar at the UN headquarters in Vienna on unilateral sanctions and their impacts in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Storm Eta on track to Florida after pounding Cuba

Nov 09, 2020 10:18

Residents of Florida were preparing themselves on Sunday as Tropical Storm Eta began to head towards the southern US state.
Iran, Cuba discuss enhanced global solidarity to counter US' economic terrorism

Nov 07, 2020 14:06

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says he held talks with senior Cuban authorities about ways to strengthen global solidarity in the face of the US' economic terrorism and to promote bilateral relations.
Zarif arrives in Havana after extensive talks in Caracas

Nov 06, 2020 10:31

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in the Cuban capital of Havana in the second leg of a Latin American tour, which earlier took him to Venezuela and is expected to end in Bolivia.
US pullout from JCPOA, INF to seriously harm intl. security, Cuba warns

Oct 04, 2020 05:23

Cuba’s foreign minister has warned about the serious repercussions of the Trump administration’s decisions to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as well as the Treaty of Short and Intermediate Range Missiles (INF) with Russia.
At UN, Venezuela, Cuba rebuke US hegemony

Sep 22, 2020 15:04

Venezuela and Cuba have called on the international community to put up a united front and fight the United States’ hegemony and its blockade against nations at a time of global crises, including the coronavirus pandemic.
US bans private charter flights to Cuba to increase pressure on Havana

Aug 14, 2020 02:57

The United States says it is suspending all private charter flights to Cuba, in yet another move to intensify economic pressure on the government of President Raul Castro over human rights accusations and its support for the Venezuelan government, which Washington seeks to overthrow.