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Iranian medical authorities have screened more than 41mln people since the coronavirus outbreak in the country, an official said on Tuesday.

The World Health Organization delivered its 7th emergency medical equipment to Iran for fighting coronavirus pandemic.

President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that the number of people hospitalized and deaths due to the coronavirus are decreasing in Iran, which show important measures have been taken.

Iran’s Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mansour Gholami highlighted Iran's readiness to share its experiences and scientific findings with world countries in the combat against the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

On the occasion of Eid al-Mab’ath, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution addressed the Iranian nation in a televised speech.

Iranian short film ‘Akam’, directed by Hossein Mirza Mohammadi, has made it into the competition program of the 11th edition of the London Kurdish Film Festival in the UK.

Speaking at a cabinet meeting on Monday, President Hassan Rouhani said the United States has deprived Iran of “clean waters but instead is offering muddy waters”.

The Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, in a message to the mayor of Shiraz, said on Sunday that he is fully supportive of Iran's fight against the coronavirus and expressed concern about the restrictions the country might face as a result of sanctions.

Over 150 Iranian artists, cineastes and writers have urged celebrities around the world to call on the U.S. government to lift sanctions as Iran fights coronavirus epidemic.

Health ministry spokesman annouced on Sunday that 7,913 patients who were infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been recovered and released from hospitals across the country.

President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday in a message on twitter that hospital beds have doubled in Iran over the past six years due to the Government's strategy to develop health sector allocating extra funds as priority of his government.

Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei has slammed the US authorities as “shameless, avaricious, lying charlatans.”

 Iranian writer Amir Mahbub has recently completed his latest epic love story “Tangled” that revolves around a girl who decides to fulfill the expectations of her father who dreams of having a son.

The seventh edition of the memorable children’s book “Uncle Noruz” has been published 42 years after the release of its sixth edition in 1978.

A 91-year-old man has become the oldest person in Iran to beat coronavirus and return home.

The Central bank of Iran has allocated at least 250 million euro to import medicine and medical equipment required to fight the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a phone call, congratulated the Supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution on the Iranian New Year.

In a televised message addressed to the Iranian nation to congratulate Nowruz and the beginning of the year 1398 in the Solar Hijri calendar, President stated, "It is unity, integrity and ethics that can create a good future for us".

The following is the full text of the message issued on March 20, 2020, by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, on the occasion of Nowruz, the Iranian New Year.

The domestic production of biopharmaceuticals saves Iran up to $1 billion in a year, according to the Vice-Presidency of Science and Technology.

This is the second time Iranian students experience distance learning in the aftermath of a nationwide crisis. Iranian schools across the country are now remained closed as a measure to control Coronavirus. 

The longlist for the Islamic Revolution Artist of the Year award was announced on Sunday and film director Narges Abyar is the most renowned figure on the list.

The Social Security Organization plans to provide child laborers with packages of antiseptics and educational items in order to help them prevent the spread of coronavirus.

More than 40 consignments of medical and sanitary equipment have been dispatched by foreign countries and world organizations over the past month to Iran to help the country in battle against the coronavirus.

Some 60,000 forces of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) will stay on duty to deal with any probable natural disasters during New Year holiday (known as Noruz, starting on March 20 this year).

Iranian deputy health minister Reza Malekzadeh announced on Saturday that the country has been successful in developing the most effective drug to treat coronavirus patients.

The animation “The Dog that Was Sick” directed by Parvin Tajvid won the award for the best artistic designing in Ainfest, Canterbury Animation Festival, Britain, 2020.

According to the Head of Iran's Passive Defense Organization, the new coronavirus outbreak in the world can be a form of biological warfare, though further studies are needed.

Sressing that everybody must take the issue of coronavirus seriously, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said, “The world is unanimous that to fight coronavirus, the chain must be cut from its origin and minimizing urban and interurban travel.”

Iranian director Nazanin Sobhan-Sarbandi’s short animation “The Cycling Wind” is competing in the 9th Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Kids underway in Salt Lake City, Utah, the U.S. 

Despite all misfortune and human tragedy created by coronavirus in the world, great humane sentiments emerges such as a Chinese girl who donated her penny bank to Iranian kids for fighting against COVID-19.

Iranian Movie 'Yalda' directed by Massoud Bakhshi is scheduled to be screened in four international festivals.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, on his official Twitter on Saturday, lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump for intensifying unilateral sanctions on Tehran amid COVID-19 outbreak across the country, noting that the move is nothing but “medical terrorism.

Iranian Space Agency (ISA) chief Morteza Barari announced in a tweet on Saturday that, by adding two new stations, the country is to increase the number of its ground satellite stations in the upcoming Iranian calendar year (starting on March, 2020).

Iran National Innovation and Development Fund has considered incentive packages and facilities for those knowledge-based companies with novel and effective ideas to combat in the new coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.

A member of COVID-19 Scientific Committee said on Mon. that the clinical trial of Iranian COVID-19 drugs started.

Iranian maestro and Tar virtuoso Houshang Zarif passed away on Saturday night, at the age of 81.

Richard Brennan, the Regional Emergency Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region, has said countries in the region and all over the world should use Iran’s experience as a role model in fight against the novel coronavirus.

Some 35 percent of people infected with the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, in Iran have so far recovered.

All knowledge-based companies in the country have been united to combat the coronavirus and many startups have been activated in this field, said Sourena Sattari, vice president for science and technology.

 Iranian tourism minister has asked people to postpone or reschedule tours so as to help the tourism industry deal with the coronavirus outbreak.

Eskandar Firouz, founder and first head of Department of Environment (DOE) in Iran, passed away at the age of 93.

The first prototype of the coronavirus disease test kit was produced by Iranian experts and scientists at Iran’s Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics.

Secretary of Nanotechnology Headquarters of Iran’s Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology says some 70,000 nanotechnology face masks are produced in Tehran per day, adding that the amount will be significantly increased in the coming days.

Iran National Innovation and Development Fund has considered incentive packages and facilities for those knowledge-based companies with novel and effective ideas to combat in the new coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.

The Ministry of Health is to start a home to home program on Tuesday with the aim of finding people suspected of having coronavirus from around the country.

 Amid the growing concern over the coronavirus outbreak in the world and also in Iran, the 38th edition of the Fajr International Film Festival has been postponed to a later time in June, the organizers announced on Wednesday.

Chancellor of Baqiatallah University of Medical Sciences Dr. Alireza Jalali said that the license for the clinical trial of two coronavirus medicines has been received from Food and Drug Administration of Iran.

Iran/Denmark production ‘Song Sparrow’, directed by Farzaneh Omidvarnia, has been qualified for Oscar 2021 after winning the best short animation award at the 20th Lebu International Film Festival in Chile.

The Plan and Budget Organization has allocated 2 trillion rials (nearly $47 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) more to the Ministry of Health in order to counter COVID-19.