Iran Sunday announced 87 new deaths from the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, raising the official toll to 5,118, as it takes steps to reopen the economy. It is the sixth consecutive day that Iran has announced a death toll under 100, though Sunday's toll was 14 higher than the...

 Iran will give a decisive response to any mistake by the United States in the Gulf, the Revolutionary Guards navy said in a statement published on the Guards' news site Sepah News. The U.S. military said on Wednesday that 11 vessels from the Revolutionary Guards navy had come...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus Monday, Tehran said over the weekend, in what would be their first official meeting in a year. Zarif plans to travel to Damascus for a one-day visit to discuss bilateral relations, regional...

Iran has extended furloughs for prisoners for another month, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday, as the Islamic Republic endeavors to stem the spread of the new coronavirus in its crowded jails. Iran’s reported temporary release of 100,000 prisoners since February - including...