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March 31, 2020

Europe's trade system with Iran finally makes first deal

European countries trying to keep Iran's nuclear deal with world powers alive said Tuesday that a system they set up to ...

March 27, 2020

Iran's army sets up hospital in capital as virus toll climbs

Iran announced another 144 deaths from the coronavirus on Friday and said thousands more were in critical condition as the ...

March 23, 2020

Virus fuels calls for sanctions relief on Iran, Venezuela

From Caracas to Tehran, officials are calling on the Trump administration to ease crippling economic sanctions they contend ...

March 22, 2020

Iran leader refuses US help, citing virus conspiracy theory

Iran's supreme leader refused U.S. assistance Sunday to fight the new coronavirus, citing an unfounded conspiracy theory that ...

March 17, 2020

Iran warns virus could kill 'millions' in Islamic Republic

Iran issued its most dire warning yet Tuesday about the new coronavirus ravaging the country, suggesting “millions” could die ...

March 15, 2020

Iran reports more than 100 new virus deaths as fears mount

The official leading Iran's response to the new coronavirus acknowledged Sunday that the pandemic could overwhelm health ...

March 14, 2020

Iran death toll from virus passes 600, Syria shuts schools

Iran said Saturday the coronavirus outbreak has killed another 97 people, pushing the death toll in the country to 611, as ...

March 08, 2020

The Latest: US state of Missouri reports first virus case

The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak (all times local): 10:20 a.m. A St. Louis-area woman who recently traveled to Italy ...

March 07, 2020

Iran's Revolutionary Guard seeks absolution in virus fight

Wearing gas masks and waterproof fatigues, members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard now spray down streets and hospitals with ...

March 04, 2020

Virus halts pilgrimages to Mecca, Friday prayers in Iran

The coronavirus outbreak disrupted Islamic worship in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia on Wednesday banned its citizens and ...

March 04, 2020

Amid virus outbreak, mother demands son's release from Iran

The mother of a U.S. Navy veteran imprisoned in Iran is calling on the Tehran government to release her son immediately, ...

March 02, 2020

Virus ravaging Iran kills confidant of its supreme leader

A member of a council that advises Iran's supreme leader died Monday from the new coronavirus, becoming the highest-ranking ...

March 01, 2020

Iran raises death toll to 54 from new coronavirus

Iran's health ministry on Sunday raised the nationwide death toll from the new coronavirus to 54 as the number of confirmed ...

February 28, 2020

Virus outbreak in Iran sickens hundreds, including officials

After facing sanctions and the risk of war amid tensions with the United States, Iran’s Shiite theocracy now has an enemy in ...

February 27, 2020

Amid virus, Saudis close Islam's holiest sites to foreigners

Saudi Arabia on Thursday closed off the holiest sites in Islam to foreign pilgrims over the coronavirus, disrupting travel ...

February 26, 2020

An increasingly isolated Iran tries to control virus crisis

Iran girded Wednesday for a long battle against the coronavirus that is spreading rapidly across the country and the wider ...

February 25, 2020

Iran says official who played down virus fears is infected

The head of an Iranian government task force on the coronavirus who had urged the public not to overreact about its spread ...

February 24, 2020

Iran says 12 dead from new virus, rejects higher death toll

Iran's government said Monday that 12 people had died nationwide from the new coronavirus, rejecting claims of a much higher ...

February 23, 2020

Iran raises death toll from new virus to 8, infections to 43

Iran's health ministry raised the death toll from the new coronavirus to eight Sunday, amid concerns that clusters there as ...