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US extends sanctions waivers on nuclear cooperation with Iran
Mar 31, 2020 08:57The United States has once again waived its sanctions on nuclear cooperation with Iran, allowing firms of the remaining signatories to a 2015 nuclear deal to continue working on Iranian nuclear facilities.
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Iran mass-produces homegrown rapid test kits for COVID-19
Mar 31, 2020 04:15Iran’s Defense Ministry has begun the mass production of rapid coronavirus test kits which yield a faster result compared to PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) based kits.
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US sanctions leading to 'humanitarian catastrophe': Iran's Zarif
Mar 31, 2020 02:51Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said US sanctions have made it “impossible” for Iranians to have access to essential drugs during the Covid-19 pandemic, warning that the bans are leading to a “humanitarian catastrophe”.
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Iran's Defense Ministry unveils rapid test kits for novel coronavirus
Mar 30, 2020 12:27A biomedicine company affiliated with the Iranian Defense Ministry has unveiled homemade rapid tests kits for new coronavirus as the country moves to contain an outbreak that has affected tens of thousands of people.
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Iran: Virus revealed 'ugliest face of US government addicted to sanctions'
Mar 30, 2020 06:54Iran says the coronavirus pandemic underscores the need to end "madness in politics and irresponsible unilateralism" of the US government which is sabotaging the country's fight against the disease through sanctions.
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Syria confirms first COVID-19 death as health system reels from sanctions, war
Mar 30, 2020 01:58Syria’s Health Ministry has confirmed its first death resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic as the country’s fragile health system reels from years of foreign-backed war and sanctions.
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Iran pays another $32 mln to fund fight against coronavirus
Mar 29, 2020 01:42The Iranian government has provided another $32 million in emergency funding to the health sector amid a nationwide effort to contain the new coronavirus.
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‘US continues to block Iranian assets needed to buy medical equipment to fight COVID-19’
Mar 29, 2020 01:19Iran rejects reports that the United States has agreed to grant sanctions waivers to certain countries in order to open up the way for the Islamic Republic to access frozen assets and buy medical supplies and equipment needed to fight the pandemic of the new coronavirus.
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Senator Murphy calls on Washington to ease sanctions on Iran, Venezuela amid pandemic
Mar 28, 2020 00:45An American senator has called on the US administration to ease economic sanctions against Iran and Venezuela as the restrictive measures are hindering the humanitarian response to the coronavirus pandemic in the countries.
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Coronavirus spread keeping up, Iran's Zarfi urges release of Iranians jailed in horrific US facilities
Mar 27, 2020 13:41Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urges the United States to release innocent Iranian scientists jailed in horrific US facilities amid the pandemic of the new coronavirus.