US President Donald Trump has threatened to pull out of the World Health Organization, calling the UN health body a Chinese “puppet”. Trump said the United States might permanently freeze all of its funding to the WHO if “major substantive improvements” weren’t made in the next 30 days. In April, Washington suspended payments to the…
Read MoreBEIJING, May 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Peking University has been at the forefront of the battle against the novel coronavirus. While the pandemic is gradually brought under control in China, countries across the world are still in a struggle to contain it. In light of this, the School of Foreign Languages…
Read MoreRussia has voiced “complete solidarity” with Iran in the face of the United States’ illegal and inhumane sanctions, which have targeted the Islamic Republic notwithstanding Tehran’s ongoing uphill battle against the new coronavirus outbreak. The top Russian diplomat pointed to the “illegal and unilateral nature” of the sanctions, and said, “We have been constantly calling on…
Read MoreThe United States is planning to renew by another four months the exemptions that are normally given to Iraq to continue to import electricity from Iran as officials in Washington claim the waivers are meant to help the country’s political stability. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a mention of the imminent decision during…
Read MoreOn the anniversary of the US’ unilateral departure from the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and major world powers, the Iranian Foreign Ministry says Washington has through its withdrawal forfeited all rights to address the issues concerning the landmark deal. The ministry tweeted the comments on Thursday (May 07), the day on which the United…
Read MoreIranian President Hassan Rouhani urges continuation of the Health Ministry-mandated countrywide screening for the new coronavirus infection, saying the diagnostic procedures should even grow in scale to cover larger population groups. Rouhani made the remarks in Tehran on Thursday, addressing committee heads of the country’s National Taskforce for Fighting Coronavirus. Continued implementation of the procedures…
Read MoreTehran Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov held talks over the phone Thursday on bilateral relations, issue of coronavirus and developments in Afghanistan. During his telephone conversation, Zarif also expressed sympathy with the Uzbek flood-stricken people. The two foreign ministers also reviewed cooperation on the area of transportation…
Read MoreHead of Iranian Health Ministry’s Public Relations Office Kianoush Jahanpour said on Thursday that some 68 more Iranians died of coronavirus over the past 24 hours and 82,744 people out of a total of 103,135 infected with the coronavirus have survived and recovered while unfortunately, the total number of deaths reached 6,486. Jahanpour said that…
Read MoreTehran The Iranian foreign ministry in a message stressed Iran’s strong relations with Afghanistan, saying the US allegations against Iran with regard to accident in Herat is a bitter joke. “Iran has strong ties w/Afghanistan & leads the way to help Afghan leaders for inclusive government,” Iranian Foreign Ministry wrote on its Twitter account late on…
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