Iran’s Pharmaceutical Industry Suffers From Rial-Dollar Exchange Rates, Official Says
By Roshanak Astaraki
Iranian pharmaceutical companies have increased their production capacities in recent years and performed well during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Mahmoud Najaf-Arab, the chairman of the Health Economic Committee of the Tehran...
Iranians Petition to Demand Justice for Slain Protesters
By Roshanak Astaraki
A petition has been circulating online since early May encouraging Iranians to support the “Justice Campaign” officially launched on April 24 by Manouchehr Bakhtiari, the father of Pooya Bakhtiari, a 26-year-old man...
Iranian Job-Seekers Say They Are Hit Hard By the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Roshanak Astaraki
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the economies of most countries around the world and resulted in millions of job losses. Iran, which already faces double-digit inflation and rampant unemployment, is among the...
Iran’s Remote-Learning Scheme Neglects Low-Income and Rural Students, Teacher Says
By Roshanak Astaraki
The Iranian government this month rolled out its e-learning app “Shadi” (happy) as part of its broader education continuity plan to provide remote teaching to elementary and high school students who, under...
Iran’s Health Ministry Urged to Punish Private Hospitals That Cut Nursing Staff
By Roshanak Astaraki
In a letter to the Iranian Minister of Health and Medical Sciences, Dr. Saeed Namaki, the director of the Nursing Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran (INO), Dr. Mohammad Mirzabeigi, has...
Iranian Businesses Hit by COVID-19 to Flood Banks with Bounced Checks, Expert Warns
By Roshanak Astaraki
Most Iranian businesses expected a surge in consumer spending before the Iranian New Year on March 20, but suffered massive losses caused by the coronavirus outbreak. As a result, banks will be...
Iran Temporarily Closes Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant
By Roshanak Astaraki
On April 12, Iran temporarily shut down the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, in the country’s southern regions, for annual maintenance, according to Mahmoud Reza Jafari, the deputy director of the Atomic Energy...
Iranian Businesses That Pose No Public Health Risks Can Reopen, Deputy Minister Says
By Roshanak Astaraki
Businesses that pose no public health risks and are unlikely to cause the spread of coronavirus can soon reopen under the government’s “smart social distancing” scheme, according to Hossein Modarres Khiabani, the...
COVID-19 Prevents Return of Crashed Ukrainian Plane’s Black Box, Iran Says
By Roshanak Astaraki
The COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic has prevented Iran from handing over to Ukraine the flight recorders of Ukraine Airlines Flight PS752, which was mistakenly shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)...
OPINION: Iran Lacks Coherent Strategy to Fight Pandemic; Employees at Risk
By Roshanak Astaraki
It has been 42 days since the first cases of the COVID-19 emerged in Tehran and the holy city of Qom. Yet despite the creation of the National Headquarters for Fighting Coronavirus,...
