As of Wednesday, the death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak, officially known as COVID-19, in Iran has risen to 2,077 with 27,017 confirmed cases and 9,625 recovered. Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Wednesday that 2,206 new cases have tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif that Russia has requested US to lift Iran sanctions as soon as possible. In his telephone conversation with Zarif, Lavrov said that US sanctions hamper Iran’s combat against coronavirus epidemic. “Russia wants US to lift Iran sanctions in ...