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Accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January killed 176 people aboard

Flight 752 was struck by two missiles and crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran's main airport on January 8

Death toll reaches 12,829, while tally of cases surpasses 252,700, according to Health Ministry

Mandali crossing reopens after 3-month closure

The agreement aims to produce 39.5 million barrels of oil from the Yaran oilfield in Khuzestan

Unidentified warplanes attacked Iran-backed militants fighting in ranks of Assad regime in Deir ez-Zor

Ambassador Hosseini says Tehran defines its relationship with Islamabad in accordance with mutual respect

Rouhani, cabinet strongly come out to defense of prospective deal, criticised by some as 'secretive'

Country's death toll rises to 12,305 and cases of infection rise to over 250,000

US has earlier claimed they had interdicted a vessel carrying Iranian arms to the Houthis

The total number of infections has reached 248,379, with 209,463 people having recovered

Human error was the cause of the blast in a factory, says official

The attack violated the UN Charter, says UN special rapporteur

A motion to question President Hassan Rouhani was signed by 120 lawmakers out of 290

US seeks to extend a 13-year arms embargo against Iran

Iran had attempted to mount a cyber attack on Israel’s water system in April, says Israeli minister

The four border entry points in Balochistan would remain opened throughout the week

Iran has been battling the spread of the coronavirus, with total number of cases hitting 237,878 on Saturday

Underground Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) is one of several Iranian facilities monitored by inspectors of IAEA

Two previous incidents were close to key military and nuclear facilities that have triggered wild speculation

Third such incident within week fuels speculation

Nuclear site operating as usual, says Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation spokesperson, AEO is investigating incident

Hot spots of terrorism still remain in Syria’s Idlib and other regions, Russian President

Country observes serious increase in number of patients in hospitals in capital Tehran, according to health ministry

Washington must stop illegal unilateral sanctions on Tehran, says Beijing's top UN envoy

Top US diplomat warns Russia, China better-armed Iran would pose risk to stable energy prices they depend on

Iran has so far struggled to contain the outbreak, the deadliest in the Middle East

warrants had been issued against US president on charges of murder and terrorist action

Middle Eastern country reports 144 more virus-linked fatalities

Esmail Ghaani is the replacement for Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s most powerful military commander

Country’s total coronavirus caseload is now at 220,180

Explosion occurred at gas depot near defense ministry sites, according to semi-official Tasnim news agency

Captains accused of delivering nearly 1.5M barrels of Iranian gasoline, related components to Venezuela

Iran is ready to cooperate with the IAEA under law says Hassan Rouhani

The soldiers were conducting reconnaissance and surveillance

Gholamreza Mansouri, who fled Iran last year, is among several judges accused of graft

France, Britain and Germany call on Iran to stop denying agency access to nuclear sites

A statement said both short- and long-range missiles were test-fired

Increase in PIA freight rates, logistical issues on border hamper shipments

Another 2,449 people had tested positive for the deadly virus in the past 24 hours in Islamic Republic

There were 107 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 8,837, according to the health ministry

Zarif says Trump’s re-election chances are still more than 50%

Iran sent a flotilla of five tankers of fuel to gasoline-starved ally Venezuela in May

After gradually relaxing its lockdown since mid-April, Iran has seen a sharp rise of new daily infections

Iran 'categorically' rejects claims by UN chief made under 'political pressure' from US, Saudi Arabia

Some have design characteristics similar to those produced by a commercial entity in Iran, says Guterres

2,011 infections confirmed in the past 24 hours, raising Iran's overall caseload to 177,938

On January 3, a US drone strike in Iraq killed Soleimani

Early infection rates of SARS-CoV-2 grew by 68% a day in Iran without anti-contagion policies

Health officials said last week there could be a second, stronger wave of novel coronavirus infections