TEHRAN(Basirat): Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an Iranian national who is now serving term in jail for spying for London, was granted a two-week furlough amid concerns over the new coronavirus epidemic and also for a family visit on the occasion of the New Year on the Persian calendar.

TEHRAN(Basirat): Iranian researchers have discovered the medicinal compound which can treat the damage inflicted on lungs due to infection to coronavirus.

TEHRAN(Basirat): A cruise ship allowed thousands of passengers to disembark in Miami Sunday without undergoing screening just days after a passenger left the ship and later tested positive for coronavirus.

TEHRAN(Basirat): A medical professor at Johns Hopkins University urged Americans not to believe the low numbers presented by the administration on the confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in the United States, warning the actual number of people walking around with the virus could be “between 50,000 and half a million”.

TEHRAN (Basirat) – Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps for Coordination Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi said the IRGC forces have stepped up to the plate with all their power to combat the coronavirus outbreak in Iran.

TEHRAN(Basirat): A senior spokesman for the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces provided information about the measures that the military forces have taken in coordination with the Health Ministry to contain the coronavirus epidemic.

TEHRAN(Basirat): Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi said on Friday that a recent offer by US President Donald Trump to “assist” Tehran to counter the coronavirus outbreak is a repulsive display of hypocrisy amid Washington’s sanctions and medical terrorism.