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TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has criticized a statement by the European trio that urges Iran to return to the nuclear deal obligations without referring to the other JCPOA parties’ non-compliance. In a tweet on Friday evening, Zarif wrote: “Have our E3 partners ever read …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Tehran’s Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences Hassan Abolqassemi blasted the western states for medical sanctions against Iran, saying that the Pfizer pharmaceutical company has long refrained from supplying Iranian cancer patients with the needed drugs for chemotherapy. “A simple medicine that is the mainstay of chemotherapy …

TEHRAN (FNA)- A number of countries have already requested to purchase the Iranian COVID-19 vaccine, lawmaker Malek Fazeli said Saturday, adding that the move proves the failure of sanctions. “World countries believe in Iran’s know-how and technology in making coronavirus vaccine, and some of them have even asked for buying …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined that expulsion of the American forces from the region is the best way to take revenge for the assassination of former IRGC Qods Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani. “Ending the US forces’ presence in the region will be the best …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to Vienna-based International Organizations Kazzem Qaribabadi announced on Tuesday that the country’s nuclear experts have installed new centrifuges at Natanz and Fordow sites in Central Iran. “Thanks to our diligent nuclear scientists, two cascades of 348 IR2m centrifuges with almost 4 times the …

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that the country has approved Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine and plans to both import and produce it. Tehran has given the go-ahead for the Sputnik V jab, made by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute, to be used as part of …

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iran-made coronavirus vaccine which has been injected to 30 volunteers in 2 stages has not shown any side effects so far, a senior member of the team to assess the efficiency of the vaccine said on Monday. “The vaccine, which underwent its first test on January 29 …

The hostile attempts to hinder Iran’s progress have backfired, since the sanctions imposed on the country have helped the Islamic Republic develop its military industries, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said. During a Saturday visit to a plant manufacturing the homegrown Yasin training jet, Hatami said Iranian military …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran in a ceremony on Tuesday unveiled two types of new home-made medicine used to treat coronavirus patients and prevent infection to the disease. In the ceremony, the production line of Ivermectin drug, which is prescribed for the prevention and treatment of coronavirus was inaugurated. Also, the production …

Following the deadly storming of the US Capitol by pro-Donald Trump insurrectionists, heightened security concerns surrounding President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration have visibly transformed Washington, DC into something like a war zone. Ahead of Biden’s swearing-in ceremony, US officials established a “green zone” in downtown Washington and the Pentagon authorized up …