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Tehran or Teheran is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With a population of around 13.2 million in the city and 23 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and in West Asia [6] and has the largest metropolitan area in the Middle East. It is ranked 9th in the world in terms of metropolitan population.

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Rouhani: U.S. has lost its chance to lift sanctions Iran’s president said on Wednesday that the United States had lost a historic opportunity to lift sanctions on his country over the coronavirus, while adding that the penalties had not hampered.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:03Published 5 days ago

US Might Ease Sanctions On Iran U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. may consider easing sanctions on Iran and other nations. According to Reuters, by doing so, the U.S. would help those nations fight the coronavirus.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:32Published 6 days ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has temporary prison leave extended The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has said her temporary leave from prison in Iran has been extended. Richard Ratcliffe said his wife’s father had been told her temporary release from Evin.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 01:08Published 1 week ago


Richard Ratcliffe: Nazanin's temporary release is light at end of tunnel The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has said her temporary release from prison in Iran will be “devastating” if it does not lead to her eventual release – but he is hoping developments.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 01:24Published 3 weeks ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe temporarily released from Iranian prison amid coronavirus outbreak Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been temporarily released from an Iranian prison amid the coronavirus outbreak. Tehran released thousands of prisoners temporarily in an effort to combat the spread of.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 01:21Published 3 weeks ago

Iranian students make masks for nurses amid crisis Iranian students worked to produce face masks for nurses on Monday (March 16) as the country's coronavirus death toll reached 853, with 129 new deaths in the past 24 hours. Iran is the worst-affected.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:37Published 3 weeks ago

Tehran disinfects streets to protect against COVID-19 coronavirus Iran is one of the worst-hit countries by COVID-19. View on euronews Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 00:50Published on March 5, 2020

Documents show Huawei role in shipping prohibited U.S. gear to Iran China’s Huawei Technologies, which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran, produced internal company records in 2010 that show it was directly involved in sending prohibited.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:28Published on March 2, 2020

Iranian film about living under autocratic regime wins top prize at Berlin Film Festival Mohammed Rasouof's Iranian drama 'There Is No Evil,' a powerful rebuke to the brutal and repressive regime in Tehran, has won the Golden Bear for best film at the 70th Berlin International Film.. Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 00:43Published on March 1, 2020

Pompeo grilled on Soleimani's killing, transparency Democratic congressman Andy Levin asks U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to show him on a map "which of our embassies were under threat of imminent attack so that you had to kill general Soleimani.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:47Published on February 28, 2020

U.S. offered to help Iran with coronavirus response: Pompeo U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States has offered to help with the coronavirus response in Iran, where the outbreak has killed 34 people and raised doubts about Tehran's.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:40Published on February 28, 2020

Many Friday Prayers Cancelled As Iran's Coronavirus Death Toll Rises Iran announced on Thursday its death toll from coronavirus had risen to 26. According to Reuters, it's by far the highest number outside China. The total number of infected people in Iran now stands at.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:39Published on February 27, 2020

Iran parliamentary elections : Hardliners win in Tehran, turnout at 42,6% Credit: FRANCE 24 English Duration: 03:55Published on February 23, 2020

Apathy runs high in Tehran as Iran gears up for parliament vote As campaigning ends, voters in capital say they will boycott key poll despite officials' appeals for a big turnout. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 05:12Published on February 20, 2020

Rouhani: Iran will never hold talks with US 'under pressure' Iran has said will never hold talks with the United States under pressure, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday (February 16), adding that Tehran's help was essential in establishing security in the.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:24Published on February 16, 2020

U.S. Senate rebukes Trump, votes to limit war powers on Iran The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trump's ability to wage war against Iran, rebuking him after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehran's.. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 02:25Published on February 13, 2020

Iran marks revolution anniversary amid U.S. tensions Tens of thousands of Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran on Tuesday morning to commemorate the 41st anniversary of the Islamic revolution, against a backdrop of escalating tensions with the.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:01Published on February 11, 2020

Irans mark revolution anniversary amid U.S. tensions Tens of thousands of Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran on Tuesday morning to commemorate the 41st anniversary of the Islamic revolution, against a backdrop of escalating tensions with the.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:01Published on February 11, 2020

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Trump's demands of Iran show moral bankruptcy of US under him: Scholar Donald Trump’s demand that Iran grovel before him and plead for aid shows the moral bankruptcy of the United States under his leadership, says Dennis Etler, an American political analyst who has a.. WorldNews - Published 3 days ago
Rouhani: U.S. has lost opportunity to lift Iran sanctions amid coronavirus Iran's president said on Wednesday the United States had missed a historic opportunity to lift sanctions on his country during the coronavirus outbreak, though he said the penalties had not hampered.. Reuters - Published 5 days ago
Iran reports 141 new virus deaths, raising total to 2,898 TEHRAN: Iran said Tuesday 141 more people have died from the novel coronavirus, raising the official toll in one of the world’s worst-affected countries to 2,898. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush.. WorldNews - Published 6 days ago

Tehran, Rome mayors exchange virus fight experience The mayors of Tehran and Rome, Pirouz Hanachi and Virginia Raggi, have exchanged their respective municipalities’ experiences in confronting the new coronavirus outbreak. The two spoke via Skype in.. WorldNews - Published 6 days ago
Europe and Iran complete first INSTEX deal dodging US sanctions European nations have exported medical supplies to Iran as part of a mechanism set up to circumvent US sanctions on Tehran. The two sides have struggled over the past year to establish the INSTEX.. WorldNews - Published 6 days ago
U.S. renews sanctions waivers allowing Iran nonproliferation work The United States has allowed Russian, Chinese and European companies to continue their work at Iranian nuclear sites to make it harder for Tehran to develop nuclear weapons, the U.S. State Department.. Reuters - Published 1 week ago
COVID-19: Deaths mount again in Iran; cases top 40,000 Tehran: The number of declared coronavirus infections in Iran topped 40,000 Monday, as the government warned the outbreak could run for several more months and cost over 10,000 lives. With the tally.. WorldNews - Published 1 week ago

UK woman's prison leave extended by Iran The British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran is also being considered for clemency, her husband says. BBC News - Published 1 week ago
Iran urges U.S. to free Iranian prisoners amid coronavirus The Tehran government on Friday urged the United States to release Iranians held in U.S. jails on sanctions-related issues due to fears about the coronavirus epidemic. Reuters - Published 1 week ago
U.S. imposes fresh Iran-related sanctions despite coronavirus The United States blacklisted five Iran- and Iraq-based companies and 15 individuals on Thursday for supporting terrorist groups, its third round of sanctions on Iranian targets in the last two weeks.. Reuters - Published 2 weeks ago	Iran to US: Do not politicize ex-FBI agent’s case, avoid exploiting his family’s emotions Iran has warned the United States against politicization of the possible death of a former FBI agent, whom the US administration alleges has been imprisoned in the Islamic Republic, after Washington.. WorldNews - Published 2 weeks ago
Tehran says missing former U.S. agent left Iran years ago Tehran said on Thursday that a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran 13 years ago had left the country a long time ago, despite his family saying a day earlier that he had died in Iranian custody. Reuters - Published 2 weeks ago	Iran has no knowledge of former FBI agent's whereabouts: Iranian official Tehran has no knowledge about the whereabouts of a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in March 2007, a spokesman for the Iranian mission at the United Nations said on Thursday. Reuters - Published 2 weeks ago
Indian diplomats in coronavirus-hit Iran leave no stone unturned to help stranded citizens Even as India is preparing to send 400 of its Indian citizens from Iran in the next few days, Indian diplomats at the mission are leaving no stone unturned to help the stranded Indian community. From.. DNA - Published 2 weeks ago	UN: Forests absorb about 2b tons of carbon dioxide annually Tehran, March 21, IRNA – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on the International Day of Forests, 21 March 2020, said that forests absorb about 2 billion tonnes of carbon.. WorldNews - Published 2 weeks ago
Iran Backs China, Calls to Investigate U.S. 'Creation and Spread' of Coronavirus Iran has backed China's calls to investigate yet unfounded claims of the United States being the origin of the new coronavirus as an international blame game worsened over a pandemic that has infected.. WorldNews - Published 3 weeks ago	At Saudi music festival, Iran rivalry takes the stage Exile Iranian musicians critical of religious hardliners in Tehran converged this month to perform in the most unlikely locale: Saudi Arabia. Reuters - Published 3 weeks ago
U.S. sanctions Iran, seeks release of Americans amid coronavirus outbreak The United States imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on Tuesday, keeping up its economic pressure campaign even as it offered to help Tehran cope with the coronavirus pandemic and called on the Islamic.. Reuters - Published 3 weeks ago	Iran warns coronavirus could kill ‘millions’ in the country Tehran: Iran issued its most dire warning yet Tuesday about the outbreak of the new coronavirus ravaging the country, suggesting “millions” could die in the Islamic Republic if the public keeps.. WorldNews - Published 3 weeks ago
U.S. seen spurning China's coronavirus-linked call for Iran sanctions relief The United States is unlikely to ease sanctions on Iran despite an appeal from China that it do so because of the coronavirus pandemic, sources familiar with the matter said, arguing that Tehran.. Reuters - Published 3 weeks ago	Iranian police arrest five over prank aubergine-rain video Iranian police have arrested five people over a prank video that shows aubergines falling from the sky in front of a Tehran landmark, state news agency Irna said on Monday. “A video showing eggplants.. WorldNews - Published 3 weeks ago
4th batch of 53 Indians evacuated from Iran moved to Army Wellness Centre in Jaisalmer Fifty-three Indian nationals evacuated from the Iranian cities of Tehran and Shiraz were moved to the Army Wellness Centre in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer on Monday upon their arrival in the state. IndiaTimes - Published 3 weeks ago	Fourth batch of 53 Indians arrive from Iran, says Jaishankar External affairs minister S Jaishankar on early Monday said that the fourth batch of 53 Indians has arrived in India from Tehran and Shiraz in Iran. Out of the 53 Indians, 52 are students and one is a.. IndiaTimes - Published 3 weeks ago
Iran coronavirus death toll rises by nearly 100 to 611 The death toll from coronavirus infections in Iran rose on Saturday to 611, up nearly 100 from a day earlier, state TV said, while Tehran's governor-general denied plans to impose a lockdown on the.. Reuters - Published 3 weeks ago	Coronavirus in Iran spotlights US 'maximum pressure' WASHINGTON D.C. - After months of piling pressure on Tehran, the United States is seeing an unexpected new variable - the novel coronavirus, which has taken a substantial toll not just on Iran but.. WorldNews - Published 3 weeks ago
Coronavirus makes Iran more dangerous: U.S. general A top U.S. general said on Thursday that Iran is significantly underreporting the number of its coronavirus victims and he believed that the global pandemic is making Tehran more dangerous, a day after.. Reuters - Published on March 12, 2020	Shia militia likely to blame for killing U.S. troops in Iraq: U.S. general Shia militia groups in Iraq were likely responsible for the attack on Wednesday that killed one British and two American troops at a base north of Baghdad, a top U.S. general said on Thursday, in.. Reuters - Published on March 12, 2020
U.S. gives details on Iran sites under scrutiny of U.N. nuclear watchdog One of the three sites in Iran about which the U.N. nuclear watchdog says it has raised questions that Tehran has failed to answer may have hosted uranium metal, the United States said on Wednesday,.. Reuters - Published on March 11, 2020	Responding to U.S., Iran frets for jailed citizens amid coronavirus Iran expressed concern on Wednesday about the health of imprisoned Iranians in the United States amid the coronavirus outbreak, a day after Washington called on Tehran to free detained Americans. Reuters - Published on March 11, 2020
Death toll rises to 291 over COVID-19 outbreak in Iran TEHRAN, March 10 (Xinhua) -- At least 291 people have died from novel coronavirus infection as of Tuesday, according to the announcement of Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education. A total... WorldNews - Published on March 10, 2020	India to evacuate pilgrims from Iran first, in talks with Tehran to set up more screening centres India has also set up a medical screening centre in the Iranian city of Qom, which is the worst affected by coronavirus. DNA - Published on March 9, 2020
Coronavirus deaths rise to 145 in Iran, infections near 6,000: ministry Iran's death toll from coronavirus reached 145 on Saturday after another 21 people were confirmed to have died during the last day, among them a conservative lawmaker from Tehran, officials and local.. Reuters - Published on March 7, 2020	Coronavirus: Cases jump in Iran and Italy Tehran confirms almost 6,000 infections and 145 deaths as cases worldwide topped 100,000. BBC News - Published on March 7, 2020
Coronavirus: Govt in talks with Iran to bring back Indians; Iranian flight to bring 300 swabs A ferry flight will soon reach the national capital from Tehran with around 300 swab samples of Indians suspected of having coronavirus infection. The flight is expected to land in the national capital.. IndiaTimes - Published on March 6, 2020	Iran warns it could use 'force' to halt travel amid coronavirus Tehran, Iran: Iranian authorities warned Friday they may use "force" to limit travel between cities and announced the new coronavirus has killed 124 people amid 4,747 confirmed cases in the Islamic.. WorldNews - Published on March 6, 2020
Iran says coronavirus toll jumps by 17 with 1,000-plus new infections Iran's death toll from coronavirus infections jumped on Friday to 124, as 17 died over the past 24 hours and more than 1,000 were additionally diagnosed with the disease, a health ministry spokesman.. Reuters - Published on March 6, 2020	Iranian doctor expects 40% of Tehran population to catch coronavirus An Iranian specialist in infectious diseases and a member of the National Committee for Influenza, Dr Masoud Mardani expected that nearly 40 per... WorldNews - Published on March 6, 2020
Pompeo says Iran must be held accountable on nuclear commitments U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called on all nations to hold Iran accountable for its commitments under international nuclear agreements and said Tehran's failure to report nuclear.. Reuters - Published on March 5, 2020