The polls were marked by a historically low turnout and criticized as largely uncompetitive after an unelected panel of clerics and lawyers barred all the major reformist and centrist candidates from running, all but guaranteeing Raisi’s victory.
August 8, 2021Rouhani for his part accuses the hardliners in parliament of sacrificing national interests for domestic power struggles ahead of the presidential election in June.
April 11, 2021Iran generally uses the term "global arrogance" to refer to the United States.
November 28, 2020China has delivered several shipments of medical supplies to Iran. On February 29, a five-member Chinese medical team visited Iran for a month-long mission to help Iran fight the pandemic.
August 2, 2020The president said it was likely that until the end of the current Iranian year which ends on March 20, 2021, the country will be grappling with the disease.
July 19, 2020The Caesar Act, which took effect in mid-June, punishes any country, individual or entity that does business with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
July 2, 2020Germany's Bundesliga resumed matches behind closed doors on Saturday but most sports competitions around the world remain suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.
May 17, 202079,397 of those hospitalised with the disease since Iran reported its first cases in mid-February have been discharged, while 2,676 are in critical condition, health ministry added.
May 5, 2020"This success is a sign that strengthening the space sector in the country and the armed forces have been in a correct and effective step," he added.
April 25, 2020Iran has allowed businesses to reopen after shutting most of its economy down in mid-March, except those with "high-risk" like restaurants and gyms.
April 22, 2020Earlier on Wednesday, President Hassan Rouhani censured the US for maintaining its sanctions against Iran despite the outbreak of COVID-19 across the country.
April 4, 2020Tehran has repeatedly called on Washington to reverse its policy, which has been opposed by US allies, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
April 2, 2020Iran has been the worst-hit country in the Middle East by the outbreak of COVID-19, or novel coronavirus.
March 27, 2020He also criticized some other countries for what he called their compliance with the US pressures against Iran.
March 19, 2020As of Wednesday, Iran announced that the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 17,361, of whom 1,135 have died and 5,710 have recovered.
March 19, 2020Reports till Monday afternoon suggest that the hardliners in a profoundly theocratic nation have swept the polls by winning all 30 seats in Tehran.
February 25, 2020The Dutch Minister, for his part, said his country would make efforts to preserve the JCPOA and stressed the importance of continuing dialogue as a means of solving problems.
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