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  Iran, US heat up war of words on Iraq

  Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 12:23am on April 03, 2020

  Iran said Thursday it ‘only acts in self-defence’ after president Donald Trump warned it against attacks on US troops in Iraq, as a new war...

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  Iran hits out at US as coronavirus death toll passes 3,000

  Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 04:31pm on April 01, 2020

  Iran’s death toll from the coronavirus has passed 3,000, the health ministry said on Wednesday, as president Hassan Rouhani accused Washington of missing a ‘historic...

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  Iran rejects Trump’s virus aid offer

  Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 09:29pm on March 22, 2020

  Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei said Sunday his country would never accept any aid to fight the novel coronavirus from arch-enemy and ‘charlatans’ the United...

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  Iran leaders vow to defeat virus in holiday messages

  Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 11:09pm on March 20, 2020

  Iran’s supreme leader and president promised Friday that the country would overcome one of the world’s deadliest coronavirus outbreaks just as it had faced down...

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  97 new coronavirus deaths in Iran, taking total to 611

  Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 05:09pm on March 14, 2020

  Iran said on Saturday that the novel coronavirus has claimed 97 more lives, raising the country’s total to 611, as the number of confirmed cases...

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  Iran warns nuclear watchdog to be wary of ‘empty claims’

  Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 11:40pm on March 11, 2020

  Iran warned the UN atomic watchdog on Wednesday to be wary of ‘empty claims’ passed on to it, after the agency raised questions about the...

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  63 new coronavirus deaths in Iran, taking total to 354

  Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 05:13pm on March 11, 2020

  Iran on Wednesday reported 63 new deaths from the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day toll since it announced the first...

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  Bootleg booze kills 27 in Iran

  Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 01:58am on March 10, 2020

  Twenty-seven people have died from methanol poisoning in Iran after rumours that drinking alcohol can help cure the novel coronavirus infection, state news agency IRNA...

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  Iran announces 43 new coronavirus deaths

  Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 12:47am on March 10, 2020

  Iran on Monday reported 43 new deaths from the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall toll to 237 dead. ‘Our colleagues...

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  Iran reports 49 new coronavirus deaths

  Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 01:23am on March 09, 2020

  Iran’s health ministry on Sunday reported 49 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, the highest toll within 24 hours since the start of the outbreak...