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Dubai man arrested in Vancouver for allegedly helping terror-linked Iranian airline evade sanctions

sanction “for providing service to terrorist organizations.”Mahan Air was sanctioned a decade ago for allegedly transporting weapons and personnel for the Quds Force branch of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard.Under questioning in Vancouver, Sari told Canadian officials he knew about the sanctions but “needed the money” and “did not care what they were doing,” the Canadian official alleged at his detention hearing.After verifying that Sari was wanted by the FBI, the RCMP arrested him on U.S. charges, alleging he was a “principal player” in front companies that helped Mahan Air evade sanctions.“In particular, Mr.

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Hinshaw, Shandro to provide provincial COVID-19 update Tuesday afternoon

COVID-19 in the province and “the ongoing work to protect public health.”The chief medical officer of health and minister will be making their comments at 4 p.m. and you can watch them in this story.

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Netanyahu says he spoke to Biden about Covid-19, Iran

Also Read | Why bitcoin won’t become like money“We had a good conversation," Biden said during a brief exchange with reporters before the start of an Oval Office meeting with labor leaders.The office of the prime minister, who is facing a tough fight ahead of the March 23 election, was more descriptive.“The two leaders noted their longstanding personal connection and said that they would work together to continue strengthening the steadfast alliance between Israel and the U.S.," said the statement.Topics discussed, it added, included “the Iranian threat" of developing nuclear weapons, their efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic and the desire to expand Israel's accords with Arab nations.Israelis had been complaining since Biden's

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Iran approves Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine

Also Read | The Indian-Americans driving Biden’s agendaAfter talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Zarif confirmed Sputnik V had been approved on Monday, adding: "In the near future we hope we will be able to purchase it, as well as start joint production."Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei this month banned the use of vaccines made by the United States and Britain, calling the jabs "completely untrustworthy".Iran had earlier said it would wait for the World Health Organization's approval of Russia's jab before buying it.Russia registered the shot -- named after the Soviet-era satellite -- in August last year, before the start of large-scale clinical trials, leaving some experts wary.Sputnik V's developers have since

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Iran to receive first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from COVAX soon

Covid-19 vaccine procurement and distribution initiative, the COVAX Facility, the state-run IRNA news agency reported on Monday, citing an official.According to Mostafa Ghaneie, the head of the country's Scientific Committee of Coronavirus Combat and Prevention Headquarters, the COVAX vaccines will be delivered to Iran in the next few weeks.Also Read | Revenge of the lambs at the GabbatoirThe news agency added, citing the official, that high-risk groups, including healthcare workers and the elderly, will be the first to receive the vaccine.Earlier in January, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared a ban on imports of Covid-19 vaccines from the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Iran to begin Covid-19 vaccinations in coming weeks: President Rouhani

Covid-19 vaccinations will begin in the coming weeks in Iran, the Middle East’s worst-hit country.“Foreign vaccines are a necessity until local vaccines are available," Rouhani said in televised remarks, without giving details of what foreign vaccines would be used.Earlier this month Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s highest authority, banned the government from importing vaccines from the United States and Britain, which he said were possibly seeking to spread the infection to other countries.Rouhani himself, in compliance with Khamenei’s ban, said at the time that his government would purchase “safe foreign vaccines."Iran launched human trials of its first domestic vaccine candidate late last month, saying this could help it

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New research suggests Alberta COVID-19 R value currently too high to lift restrictions

new measures announced on Nov. 24.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Kenney said the province’s R value must be below one by Dec.

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Coronavirus deaths in Iran surpass 50,000 as officials ease some lockdowns

Iran’s death toll from the global pandemic has risen above 50,000, state television said Saturday, as the country grapples with the worst outbreak in the Middle East.A two-week partial lockdown in the capital of Tehran and other major cities helped slow, but not stop the rising wave of deaths from the coronavirus over the past few weeks.President Hassan Rouhani warned Saturday that the lockdown could be extended to more cities or reimposed on the capital, if people do not abide by health measures. Coronavirus death toll surpasses 30,000 in Iran, officials say “Tehran is on the borderline of being in the red zone,” Rouhani said.

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CSIS alleges Iran used Toronto company to wire millions to Canada despite sanctions

Iran’s properties in Canada sold, proceeds handed to terror victims The United Nations began imposing sanctions on Iran in 2006 in response to its nuclear program. Canada imposed additional sanctions in June 2010.ONG Currency Exchange was registered as a Canadian money services business in January 2010.Corporate records show the business was registered to Onghaei’s home address and he was the sole director.

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Trump asked for options to attack Iran nuclear site, was talked out of it: reports

Donald Trump, with two months left in office, last week asked for options on attacking Iran’s main nuclear site, but ultimately decided against taking the dramatic step, a U.S. official said on Monday.Trump made the request during an Oval Office meeting on Thursday with his top national security aides, including Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, new acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller and General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the official said.

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Iran records highest day death toll from coronavirus; currency plunges to lowest ever

Iran announced on Sunday its highest single-day death toll from the coronavirus with 251 confirmed dead, the same day local media reported two senior officials had been infected and the nation’s currency plunged to its lowest level ever.Health Ministry spokesperson Sima Sadat Lari said the total confirmed death toll now stands at 28,544, making Iran the hardest-hit country in the region. Iran had just recently recorded its highest daily death toll four days earlier with 239 new fatalities.A further 3,822 new cases were confirmed over the past 24 hour-period, raising recorded nationwide cases to 500,075.

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Trump warns Iran not to 'f–k around with us' in 2-hour call on Rush Limbaugh show

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday dropped an F-bomb on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show in a two-hour conversation with the conservative talk host, which covered a multitude of topics including the media, Iran and ongoing coronavirus stimulus talks. When the discussion turned to Iran, Trump promised that the country would enter into a new nuclear pact with the U.S. if he is re-elected in November.“You don’t see the terror the way you used to see the terror, and they know if they do anything against us they’ll pay a thousand-fold,” Trump said. “They’ve been put on notice.

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UN chief: No UN support for reimposing Iran sanctions now

TANZANIA – Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the United Nations will not support reimposing sanctions on Iran as the United States is demanding until he gets a green light from the Security Council.The U.N. chief said in a letter to the council president obtained Sunday by The Associated Press that “there would appear to be uncertainty” on whether or not U.S.

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U.S. seizes Iranian oil from four tankers en route to Venezuela

Iranian fuel to Venezuela, U.S. officials said Thursday, as it steps up its campaign of maximum pressure against the two heavily sanctioned allies.Last month, federal prosecutors in Washington filed a civil forfeiture complaint alleging that the sale was arranged by a businessman with ties to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization.

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Iran could have 25 million cases of coronavirus: Rouhani

Iran’s president on Saturday estimated as many as 25 million Iranians could have been infected with the coronavirus since the outbreak’s beginning, as he urged the public to take the pandemic seriously, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Saturday.Hassan Rouhani cited a new Iranian Health Ministry study in offering the unprecedentedly high numbers.Rouhani also said about 30 to 35 million will be infected to the virus in the coming months. Coronavirus took their lives.

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Coronavirus lockdowns in Iran could spark protests, president warns

Iran issues mandatory mask order after coronavirus death toll surges Rouhani urged that ceremonies be held with a limited number of participants.

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Iran issues mandatory mask order after coronavirus death toll surges

Israel, Palestine face new coronavirus restrictions as cases surge “Let me first thank our great people,” a health worker in a hazmat suit in a hospital corridor sarcastically bellows in one dark state TV spot. “You hand in hand with the coronavirus defeated us!”The new rules mark a turning point for Iran, which has struggled in trying to balance provincial lockdowns to stop the virus’s spread with the fears of stalling out an economy already struggling under U.S.

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Iran on edge after recording new record spike in daily coronavirus cases

Iran’s fight against the coronavirus, doctors and nurses at Tehran’s Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital still don a mask, a disposable hazmat suit and a double layer of latex gloves every day to attempt to contain a pandemic that shows no signs of slowing.The hiss of high-flow oxygen to wheezing patients, the beeps of equipment monitoring vital signs and the crinkling rustle of passing medics have become a daily symphony here and in other hospitals across the Islamic Republic.

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Iran doctor freed in swap for Navy veteran returns to Tehran

TEHRAN – TEHRAN, IranAn Iranian doctor based in Florida returned to his homeland Monday after being part of a swap that saw a U.S. Navy veteran held by Iran return to America.The semiofficial Fars news agency published an image of Matteo Taerri being greeted at Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport by Foreign Ministry officials and his family.

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Coronavirus: India tops China's tally of confirmed cases, nears Iran's count

India has surpassed the total number of covid-19, commonly known as the coronavirus, cases in China and is likely to cross Iran’s count in about a week if the curve does not bend downside.

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US military offers condolences over Iran accident killing 19

DUBAI – The U.S. military offered condolences Thursday to Iran over a friendly fire incident in the Islamic Republic that killed 19 of its troops, identifying the weapon used in the incident as an anti-ship cruise missile.

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Iran health workers say doctors, nurses among casualties of coronavirus ‘disaster’

They are regarded as heroes, their fallen colleagues as martyrs. But for doctors and nurses still dealing with Iran’s growing number of coronavirus infections, such praise rings hollow.

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Iran to reopen all mosques temporarily as coronavirus restrictions ease

All mosques in Iran will reopen temporarily on Tuesday, a further step in the government’s plans to ease restrictions that aimed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, the official IRIB news agency reported.

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Iran locks down southwestern county after seeing sharp rise in coronavirus cases

A county in southwestern Iran has been placed under lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday, also quoting the provincial governor as saying there had been a sharp rise in new cases across the province.

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Iran reports lowest virus infections since March 10

The new cases brought the number recorded in Iran to 96, 448 since it announced its first cases in mid-February

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Coronavirus outbreak: Pompeo says Iran needs to prioritize resources on health instead of launching missiles

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that the Iranian regime has gone around the world spreading misinformation about the spread of COVID-19 in their country and asking for resources while they’re launching military satellites and driving ships to harass U.S.

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Coronavirus: Iran begins to re-open despite COVID-19 fears

Iran on Monday began opening intercity highways and major shopping centres to stimulate its sanctions-choked economy, gambling that it has brought under control its coronavirus outbreak — one of the worst in the world — even as some fear it could lead to a second wave of infections.

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Iran allows some businesses in Tehran to reopen after coronavirus lockdown

Iran allowed some businesses in the capital and nearby towns to re-open Saturday after weeks of lockdown aimed at containing the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East.

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Modi, Jaishankar discuss covid-19 challenge with Vietnam, Iran

The conversation is in continuation of the regular high-level exchanges that Modi has been having with world leaders over the past weeks

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Iran begins lifting coronavirus restrictions after short lockdown

Iran began reopening government offices Saturday after a brief nationwide lockdown to help contain the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, which has killed more than 4,300 people in the country.

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Hundreds die in Iran drinking neat alcohol after wrongly believing it cures coronavirus

Around 600 people have died and thousands are in hospital in Iran from drinking neat alcohol following a false coronavirus 'cure' claim.

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MPs warn that disinformation about coronavirus from China, Russia and Iran is costing lives

Disinformation about the pandemic spread is costing lives and hampering the fight against the disease, MPs warned today.

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Centre lets govt decide for now repatriation of 250 people stranded in Iran

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Centre to decide for now repatriation of the 250 Indians, likely to be covid-19 positive, stranded at Qom, Iran.

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Coronavirus: 10 Indian evacuees from Iran test positive

NEW DELHI: At least 10 people, evacuated from Iran earlier this month, have tested positive for covid-19 at the Indian army’s quarantine facilities in Rajasthan, two government officials familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

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Iran confronts coronavirus amid a ‘battle between science and conspiracy theories’

A member of the Iranian army walks through a temporary 2,000-bed hospital for COVID-19 coronavirus patients set up at the international exhibition center in Tehran.

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Iran’s economy a factor in coronavirus response, President Rouhani says

Iran‘s president on Sunday lashed out at criticism of its lagging response to the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, saying the government has to weigh economic concerns as it takes measures to contain the pandemic.

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COVID-19 in Australia: we are not Italy, Iran or Spain

An opinion piece by the Australian Government Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly.

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Hundreds die in Iran over false belief a poison can kill coronavirus

Standing over the still body of an intubated 5-year-old boy wearing nothing but a plastic diaper, an Iranian health care worker in a hazmat suit and mask begged the public for just one thing: Stop drinking industrial alcohol over fears about the new coronavirus.

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COVID-19: SC seeks Centre's response on plea seeking evacuation of pilgrims in Iran

NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Central government on a petition seeking immediate evacuation of Indian pilgrims stranded in Iran's Qom amid coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Surya Kant will next hear the matter on 30 March.

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Iran must deliver black boxes despite coronavirus pandemic: Champagne

OTTAWA — Despite the daunting hurdles posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Iran must live up to its pledge to co-operate with the investigation into its downing of a commercial airliner in January, says Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne.

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Coronavirus: Iran announces 143 new deaths, toll crosses 2,000

Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 'our colleagues have registered 2,206 new cases of COVID-19 infection' in the past 24 hours, bringing total infections to 27,017

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Iran reports 127 more COVID-19 deaths as Syrians rush to stock up on supplies

Syrians rushed to stock up on food and fuel Monday amid fears that authorities would resort to even stricter measures after reporting the first coronavirus infection in the country, where the healthcare system has been decimated by nearly a decade of civil war.

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Coronavirus: Iran’s COVID-19 death toll rises by 129, bringing total to 1,685

Iran says the new coronavirus has killed another 129 people, raising the death toll to 1,685 amid 21,638 confirmed cases.

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Coronavirus: Iran's Supreme Leader says US 'charlatans' may have created COVID-19

Iran's Supreme Leader has lashed out at the US - in spite of the American government of help in the battle against coronavirus.

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Iran’s coronavirus death toll mounts as Jordan goes on lockdown

Air raid sirens echoed across Jordan‘s capital on Saturday to mark the start of a three-day curfew, the latest mass lockdown in the Middle East aimed at containing the coronavirus, which has claimed another 123 lives in Iran, home to the region’s worst outbreak.

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Coronavirus outbreak: U.S. imposes new sanctions on Iran despite COVID-19 pandemic

The U.S. imposed new economic sanctions against Iran this week as part of its ongoing efforts to get the country to limit its missile, nuclear and regional activities.

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Iran sees largest jump in coronavirus fatalities as 147 more die

Iran reported its single biggest jump in deaths from the new coronavirus on Wednesday, saying that another 147 had died in a nearly 15 per cent spike that raises the death toll to 1,135 people nationwide.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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