Iran is dying under US sanctions and China virus

Saadi Shirazi, one of the prominent Iranian poets of the medieval period, once wrote, “Extending a hand in the hour of need is the...

Saudi Arabia struggles to escape Yemen quagmire

Five years after launching its much-criticised military intervention in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is stuck in a costly quagmire with no exit in sight while...

We will not accept help from ‘foreign forces’: declared Iran

A senior Iranian official Tuesday ruled out help from "foreign forces" to deal with the coronavirus epidemic after an offer from a France-based medical...

Indo-Russia Strategic Triangle: plan to open major trade route via Iran

Opening a long-pending multi-modal transportation corridor via Iran will be a big boost for bilateral trade between Russia and India, but it’s not just...

PM Imran Khan calls for lifting of Iran sanctions

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan called Friday for the lifting of "unjust" US-led sanctions on neighbouring Iran, so Tehran can better deal with the...

US-Iran Head to Head: UAE-based firms targeted for shipping Iranian oil

The United States on Thursday slapped sanctions on five companies based in the United Arab Emirates for allegedly shipping oil from Iran in defiance...

Hardliners in Iran demonize WHO & Tehran govt as ‘Infidels’ for closure of shrines

People in Iran vehemently protested the shutdown of two major Holy shrines, Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad and Fatima Masumeh Shrine in Qom after...

Is US exaggerating Coronavirus to contain Chinese growth?

An underlying theme behind the Western political and media focus on the coronavirus, is to damage and undermine China's international standing, the country where...

Iran urges people to stay home as virus claims 113 more lives

Iran on Sunday urged its citizens to stick to guidelines and stay at home to stop the new coronavirus spreading, as it announced another...

Pakistan’s civil military leadership formulates policy against Coronavirus

Pakistan will close its border with Iran and Afghanistan in a bid to control the spread of the coronavirus, the interior ministry said Friday. The...

Iran reaches Washington for loan to combat virus

Iran said Thursday it has reached Washington for its first loan in decades to combat a coronavirus outbreak that has claimed 429 lives and...

Scholar of Iran calling coronavirus ‘divine punishment’ got infected himself

An Islamic scholar in Iran who said coronavirus is the punishment of Allah contracted the epidemic himself. Hadi Al-Modarresi, before contracting the disease had...