
Iran’s parliament speaker has announced early Wednesday that he tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “One of my office colleagues had contracted coronavirus, and at midnight my test result also came positive,” Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on Twitter early Wednesday, adding that he has quarantined himself. A few weeks ago, ...

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi has unveiled some aspects of the Islamic Republic’s initiative for resolution of the conflict over Azerbaijan’s breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, saying the proposed plan aims to promote “lasting peace” and settle the decades-long dispute between Baku and Yerevan. Araqchi, at the ...