Iran would launch its second phase of vaccinations against COVID-19 in early May.

As more people are vaccinated, thousands of inmates released in the pandemic could be hauled back into prison to serve the remainder of their sentences.

Iran’s flag carrier will end nearly four months of ban on UK flights from early May.

A 13-year-old Palestinian boy loses his eye after he was hit with a sponge-tipped bullet fired by Israeli military forces in the occupied West Bank.

Iran urges Amnesty International to compile a report about the harmful impact of illegal American sanctions on the livelihoods of Iranians, especially amid the pandemic.

Around 45% of Italian firms involved in productive sectors are structurally at risk. This is one of the major findings of a new report on the competitiveness of productive sectors in Italy released by the bureau of statistics ISTAT on Wednesday.

Authorities impose a two-week partial lockdown in the Iranian capital amid new surge in COVID cases.

Iran launches a semi-industrial production line of COVIran Barekat coronavirus vaccine within a record 60 days with a capacity of producing three million doses a month.

Japan says it fears the coronavirus variants are driving a new wave of the pandemic with just 109 days remaining until the Tokyo Olympics.

Iran’s foreign minister has urged the European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal to play a constructive role in the upcoming meeting on the agreement.