
The Iranian foreign minister has stressed the importance of international cooperation on the response to the coronavirus pandemic, thanking Indian Parsis for sending aid to Iran, and saying that Tehran has sent 40,000 COVID-19 test kits to several countries. “The Parsis of India—Zoroastrians whose ancestors long ago emigrated to India—have ...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani issued an order to boost the production of homegrown test kits for the diagnosis of the novel coronavirus in order to pave the way for their export. In a telephone conversation on Friday, Rouhani ordered Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari to employ all ...