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TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran warned Sunday of a resurgence of the novel coronavirus as it reported 51 new deaths, almost a month after it started to relax a nationwide lockdown. Authorities reimposed more stringent measures in the southwestern Khuzestan province, reversing a phased return to work meant to revitalize the battered economy. “The situation should in no way be considered normal” in Iran, health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said in televised remarks. “This virus […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — An Iranian warship was accidentally hit by a missile during exercises in the Gulf of Oman, killing at least one, state television said Monday, amid tensions with the US in the waterway. The friendly fire incident involving the Konarak vessel occurred on Sunday afternoon near Bandar-e Jask, off the southern coast of the Islamic republic, it said on its website. One report said the vessel had sunk after being hit by […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — An earthquake jolted Tehran shortly early on Friday, causing panicked residents to flee buildings for the safety of the streets, AFP journalists reported. The quake struck the Iranian capital at around 00:45 am (2015 GMT) and lasted several seconds, the AFP journalists reported. The website of the Tehran University Seismological Centre was inaccessible. However, according to the Twitter account of the EMSC earthquake monitoring service, it was 4.8 magnitude and its […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran on Monday reopened mosques in parts of the country deemed at low risk from coronavirus, as it said almost 80,000 people hospitalized with the illness had recovered and been released. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 74 new fatalities brought to 6,277 the total number officially recorded in Iran since it reported its first cases in mid-February. Iran on Sunday recorded 47 deaths, its lowest daily count in 55 days. […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran on Tuesday announced 71 deaths from the novel coronavirus and said there were also more than 1,000 new cases of infection in the Islamic republic. The fatalities recorded in the past 24 hours brought to 5,877 the overall death toll from the illness in the Middle East’s hardest-hit country. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 1,112 people tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. That took to 92,584 the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused Iran of violating a UN Security Council resolution through a satellite launch and vowed repercussions. “I think Iran needs to be held accountable for what they’ve done,” Pompeo told reporters. Iran announced Wednesday that it had put its first military satellite in orbit after repeated tries and despite intense economic and military pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration. The Trump administration […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran announced on Wednesday 94 new deaths from the novel coronavirus but said the cases of people infected in the country was on the way down. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said the fatalities detected in the past 24 hours took Iran’s overall death toll to 5,391. The number of people infected with the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease rose by 1,194, bringing the total to 85,996. “The gradual downward […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran on Tuesday announced 88 new deaths from the novel coronavirus as the country said it had released more than 1,000 foreign prisoners over the outbreak. According to health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour, the latest fatalities in the past 24 hours brought the total to 5,297, in one of the world’s deadliest outbreaks. The foreign prisoners were among 100,000 inmates temporarily released in several stages since March. They included British-Iranian woman […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran on Thursday announced 92 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, the third straight day that official fatalities remained in double digits in the Middle East’s worst-hit country. Health ministry spokesman Kinaoush Jahanpour told a news conference the latest deaths brought the official total to 4,869. He added that 1,606 new infections had been confirmed in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 77,995 from 310,340 tests. Of those confirmed […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran on Wednesday said new deaths from the novel coronavirus remained in double figures for the second day in a row, as the country gradually reopens its sanctions-hit economy. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 94 deaths from the COVID-19 disease were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall toll to 4,777. Another 1,512 people tested positive for the illness. That took the total number of infections to 76,389, […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) –Iran said on Tuesday that the number of lives lost in the country to the novel coronavirus dropped to double figures for the first time in one month. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 98 deaths from the COVID-19 disease were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall toll to 4,683. “Unfortunately, we lost 98 of our compatriots infected with the disease… but after a month of waiting, this is […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran’s health ministry on Monday reported another 111 deaths from the novel coronavirus, taking the official overall toll in the worst-hit Middle East country to 4,585. Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 1,617 new infections took the total number of cases in the country’s outbreak to 73,303, of whom 45,983 had recovered. “The trend of relatively stable and decreasing new cases of contamination, which has been observed in recent days, has also […]
