Intervention of foreigners threatens regional peace, security: Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Selected Articles: A Universal Basic Income Is Essential and Will Work
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer" | | | If, like us, this is a …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-universal-basic-income-essential-will-work/5710167
Iranian, Syrian FMs hold meeting in Damascus
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
It's time to act: Iran's top banker tells IMF
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Repairing damaged Iran-Turkey gas pipeline begins in Turkey
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
'IRGC-phobia project' proof of US, Israel's wrath
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Zarif's Damascus's trip shows Iran's resolute on tackling regional issues: Palestinian official
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Headlines of Iranian dailies on April 20
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Empty mausoleum of Saadi Shiraz amid COVID-19 pandemic
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
SHIRAZ, Apr. 20 (MNA)
'Armageddon': When Coronavirus Struck a Tehran Hospital
Saheb Sadeghi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
It was like scenes from an Armageddon-like movie made in Hollywood instead of a real-world Tehran hospital, Hesam Khezri said, describing the state of Masih Daneshvari during the first days of the coronavirus outbreak in Iran. | "Looking down from the | …
globalresearch.ca/armageddon-coronavirus-struck-tehran-hospital/5710181
Iran air defense monitoring all aerial moves in region
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Cooperation, friendship among countries, only way for regional security
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Lessons on humanity from Persian literature
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Gen. Bagheri lauds Iranians' active resistance against US hostilities
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
How Iran could curb COVID-19 despite sanctions, restrictions?
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Over 83,000 infected by coronavirus in Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Iran, Pakistan discuss bilateral ties
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Iran backs formation of inclusive government in Afghanistan: FM spox
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Iranian documentary to be screened at Mammoth Lakes filmfest
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Will America Launch a War on Iraq?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
The US administration views Iraq as an arena for confrontation with Iran, with the aim of subjugating the country to its hegemony and dominance. The US imposes harsh sanctions on Iran and is trying to close the Iraqi market to …
globalresearch.ca/will-america-launch-war-iraq/5710134
Iran, Iraqi Kurdistan Region discuss trade relations
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
World Food Programme donating humanitarian aid to Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
American forces presence in region 'illegal, provocative': Foreign Ministry
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Reasons for Zarif's visit to Syria amid pandemic
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
VIDEO: Virtual trip to mausoleum of Saadi Shirazi
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Govt. submits agreement on 'intl. railway link' between Iran, Afghanistan to Parl
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
There will be no change in Iran's support for Resistance
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
FM Zarif arrives in Damascus
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
FM Zarif meets with Syria's Assad, al-Moalem
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)
Zarif informs Assad that Iran, Russia, Turkey will discuss Syria constitutional committee soon
rt.com | 2020-04-20
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday that Iran, Russia, and Turkey will soon hold consultations on Syria's constitutional committee and the situation in Idlib. The statement was released by Iran's Foreign Ministry. | Assad and Zarif met in Damascus to discuss developments in the north of Syria and the political process in the country, including the constitutional committee. The Syrian president voiced regret that the coronavirus pandemic has become a subject of political investment by some states in the West, "mainly the US, which continues to impose sancti…
rt.com/newsline/486320-syria-assad-iran-zarif/
Politics of Pandemic: The story of the lie that went everywhere
Manouchehr Hosseinzadeh | iranian.com | 2020-04-20
In old Persia, there were no indoor bathrooms; instead, people went to public bathhouses to wash themselves. From early morning to mid-morning was merchants' turn to bade and be ready for business, then was the turn of women and children who used the bathhouse from late morning to late afternoon, next came the farmers who went to …
iranian.com/2020/04/19/politics-of-pandemic-the-story-of-the-lie-that-went-everywhere/
Iran Will Allow Low-Risk Businesses to Resume Work
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-19
Iran's capital Tehran was allowed to resume low-risk businesses on Saturday, a week after kindred deregulations were adopted in other parts of the country amid the COVID-19 epidemic. | RELATED: | COVID-19 Mideast Updates: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel | The move came as per the smart distancing plan, whereby Iran loosened quarantine regulations and allowed the re-opening of businesses with lower risk indices. | According to Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education, high-r…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Will-Allow-Low-Risk-Businesses-to-Resume-Work-20200419-0004.html
Decision on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's temporary release delayed again
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-19
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces another "deeply unsettling" couple of days as the wait continues to find out if her temporary release from a prison in Iran has been extended.The British-Iranian mother was temporarily freed from Evin prison in Tehran in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.Zaghari-Ratcliffe's furlough was extended by two weeks in late March, and she was scheduled to return to prison on Saturday 18 April.When her family had not received a decision by Saturday on whether or not her furlough is to be extended, they were told to return to the prosecutors office in Iran on 19 April
Iran releases VIDEO of its ships intercepting 'unprofessionally' acting US Navy vessels in Persian Gulf
rt.com | 2020-04-19
Tehran has shared footage of a recent incident between Iranian and US vessels to back up its earlier statement that Washington's claims of its warships being harassed in the Persian Gulf were "fake stories." | The video by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shows the events of last Wednesday when the American vessels were intercepted by several Iranian boats with machine guns aboard, and with gunners looking set to put them to use if necessary. | The tense moment didn't escalate into an armed confrontation, but caused a heated exchange in accusations between the two archrivals. Washington was firs…
rt.com/news/486270-iran-us-navy-persian-gulf/
Iranian Health Ministry Document Shows Coronavirus Test Kits Blocked by US Sanctions
Fars News | iranian.com | 2020-04-19
Iranian Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour released a document which proves that the US sanctions against the country have blocked imports of coronavirus kits from South Korea. Jahanpour wrote on his twitter page on Saturday evening that a SWIFT request by Iran for the purchase of coronavirus diagnosis kits from South Korea has been rejected …
iranian.com/2020/04/19/iranian-health-ministry-document-shows-coronavirus-test-kits-blocked-by-us-sanctions/
How is the UAE Changing Its Geo-Political Game?
Salman Rafi Sheikh | iranian.com | 2020-04-19
Whereas the leaders of both Saudi Arabia and the UAE, popularly known as MBS and MBZ respectively, have a number of reasons to stay united and support each other, inter-state relations are never static, with critical differences between them emerging at every turn even when state interests converge deeply. When the UAE decided in 2019 to withdraw …
iranian.com/2020/04/18/how-is-the-uae-changing-its-geo-political-game/
Risks and Realities of Extending the UN Arms Embargo on Iran
Arms Control Association | iranian.com | 2020-04-19
More than a decade ago, the United States and its partners secured UN Security Council support for a series of resolutions imposing increasingly tough sanctions on Iran as part of an effort to pressure Tehran into multilateral talks to curb its nuclear program and block its pathways to nuclear weapons. The United States along with …
iranian.com/2020/04/18/risks-and-realities-of-extending-the-un-arms-embargo-on-iran/
'We don't take advice from ANY American politician': Zarif rejects Trump's ventilator offer
RT | iranian.com | 2020-04-19
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has rebuffed an offer by US President Donald Trump to send ventilators to Iran, claiming that the Islamic Republic will be exporting its own devices "in a few months." Trump offered a number of the US' "excess ventilators" to Iran during a press briefing on Saturday. "If they need ventilators, which they do, …
iranian.com/2020/04/19/we-dont-take-advice-from-any-american-politician-zarif-rejects-trumps-ventilator-offer/
Saudi Arabia's client-state relationship with the US should concern the whole world
Thembisa Fakude | iranian.com | 2020-04-19
When Saudi Arabia approached members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its affiliates recently to cut oil production in an attempt to cushion the impact of the falling oil prices as a result of Covid-19, Russia rejected the proposal. The subsequent spat between Moscow and Riyadh saw the Saudis and the United …
iranian.com/2020/04/19/saudi-arabias-client-state-relationship-with-the-us-should-concern-the-whole-world/
Watch: Failed Israeli Drone Strike On Top Hezbollah Official Caught In Rare Video
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-04-18
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have once again ramped up operations along the southern Lebanese border at a moment Hezbollah leadership has declared it is "fully prepared for war with Israel". The latest escalation came Wednesday when an Israeli drone targeted a car full of Hezbollah operatives just inside Syria near the border with Lebanon. The Shia resistance organization said all …
iranian.com/2020/04/18/watch-failed-israeli-drone-strike-on-top-hezbollah-official-caught-in-rare-video/
Iran Releases Video Showing Off Drone Might as Military Takes Delivery of Three New UAVs
Sputnik News | iranian.com | 2020-04-18
Starting off with virtually no domestic defence industry after the Revolution of 1979, Iran has since become a major producer of an array of homegrown weapons systems, from missiles and tanks to aircraft and warships. Iran's military took delivery of three types of domestically-developed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), with the equipment to be used by …
iranian.com/2020/04/18/iran-releases-video-showing-off-drone-might-as-military-takes-delivery-of-three-new-uavs/
100 Days After The Assassination Of Soleimani Did The US Achieve Its Objectives?
Elijah J. Magnier | iranian.com | 2020-04-18
On the 3rd January 2020, a US drone assassinated Brigadier General Qassem Soleimani, Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps
The War in Yemen is a Crime Against Humanity and Islam
Alon Ben-Meir | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-17
The proxy war that Saudi Arabia and Iran have been waging in Yemen for the past five years goes beyond the pale of human capacity for extreme cruelty and ruthlessness, and against the spirit and the letter of the Quran. Ironically, whereas Saudi Arabia has many reasons to end the war, which prompted its decision …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/the-war-in-yemen-is-a-crime-against-humanity-and-islam/
Virtual vigil at Livermore Lab: A global safety net is needed
Marilyn Bechtel | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-17
A longstanding tradition took a new form this year, as nuclear disarmament advocates gathered virtually for the annual Good Friday Vigil normally held at the entrance to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., which is at the center of the Trump administration's drive to develop new, ever more dangerous types of nuclear weapons. …
peoplesworld.org/article/virtual-vigil-at-livermore-lab-a-global-safety-net-is-needed/
With Oil Prices in Freefall, Coronavirus Reveals Weaknesses of Saudis, Arab Gulf States
Marwan Kabalan | iranian.com | 2020-04-17
The coronavirus outbreak has put the Arab Gulf States under the spotlight and exposed their structural weaknesses. It has also suggested that security, which is often the focus because of geopolitical regional rivalry, especially with Iran, distracts from other equally important threats. While it is true that the Gulf States are relatively rich compared to …
iranian.com/2020/04/16/with-oil-prices-in-freefall-coronavirus-reveals-weaknesses-of-saudis-arab-gulf-states/
Iran's Army to Get Homegrown T-90 Tanks
Tasnim News | iranian.com | 2020-04-17
The Iranian Army is going to equip the armored divisions with a domestically-manufactured version of T-90 tanks which is more advanced than the previous homegrown tanks, a top general said. Speaking to the state TV on Thursday night, Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force Brigadier General Kiomars Heidari said the Defense Ministry and the …
iranian.com/2020/04/17/irans-army-to-get-homegrown-t-90-tanks/
"Major Blow To US": Large Group Of US-Backed Fighters 'Defect' To Assad Forces
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-04-16
The brutal proxy war in Syria, which has had the deep involvement of American intelligence and the Pentagon, has been wrapping up after grinding on for nine years. With the coronavirus pandemic now completely taking over the news cycle, and as Washington struggles to contain both the virus and devastating economic fallout, Syria has taken a …
iranian.com/2020/04/15/major-blow-to-us-large-group-of-us-backed-fighters-defect-to-assad-forces/
Zarif lauds China COVID19 aid to Iran
IRNA | iranian.com | 2020-04-16
Iranian Foreign Minister in a message on Thursday thanked China for providing medical aid to Iran in time of coronavirus outbreak and slammed US sanctions that hindered Iran's fight against pandemic. "I am very happy to talk to my old friend, Wang Yi, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister again," Zarif said in a Twitter …
iranian.com/2020/04/15/zarif-lauds-china-covid19-aid-to-iran/
Will The US Launch Another War Against Iraq?
Elijah J. Magnier | iranian.com | 2020-04-16
The US administration views Iraq as an arena for confrontation with Iran, with the aim of subjugating the country to its hegemony and dominance. The US imposes harsh sanctions on Iran and is trying to close the Iraqi market to prevent Tehran from smuggling its oil through Mesopotamia, and to obstruct the sale of gas …
iranian.com/2020/04/15/will-the-us-launch-another-war-against-iraq/
Iran Coronavirus Fatalities Drop to Double Figures for 3rd Consecutive Day
Tasnim News | iranian.com | 2020-04-16
The number of the coronavirus deaths in Iran was below 100 for the third consecutive day on Thursday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoosh Jahanpoor said. "With 92 new deaths in the past 24 hours, the death toll from the virus has reached 4,869. Unfortunately, we had 1,606 new cases since yesterday," Jahanpoor said on IRIB. He …
iranian.com/2020/04/16/iran-coronavirus-fatalities-drop-to-double-figures-for-3rd-consecutive-day/