President Rouhani says Iran government trying to render US sanctions ineffective

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has censured the US for blocking the import of almost everything to the country, including medicine and COVID-19 vaccine, saying, however, that his government is doing its best to make the illegal US sanctions ineffective.

EU envoy to UN says there is no positive alternative to JCPOA:

The European Union ambassador to the UN has lended his full support to the 2015 nuclear agreement that was clinched between Iran and six major countries, saying there is no positive alternative to the accord which has withstood pressure over the past years.

Leader commends nurses for heroic sacrifices in COVID times

US sanctions block Iran’s purchase of COVID-19 vaccine

The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says inhumane sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran prevent the country from purchasing coronavirus vaccine as the deadly virus takes its toll on the Iranian nation. In a post on his Instagram page on Monday, Abdolnasser Hemmati said the purchase of the coronavirus vaccine should be officially made through the World Health Organization (WHO).

Nuclear scientist laid to rest as Iran vows to continue his work

Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been laid to rest three days after his assassination outside Tehran, with the country's defense minister pledging to continue his work “with more speed and more power.” He was buried at Imamzadeh Saleh mosque in Tajrish in northern Tehran's Shemiran district on Monday after a detailed funeral ceremony was held in the morning.

Iran's president Rouhani says new US administration will need to strive to right Trump’s wrongs

Speaking at a cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday, President Hassan Rouhani said the Iranian nation has throughout its history recorded two sacred defenses; one against the 1980s Iraq-imposed war, and the other against the economic war during the era of Trumpism, and it has emerged victorious in both cases.

Reports say Biden planning executive orders to reverse many of Trump’s policies

Biden nearing 270 votes; Trump launches lawsuits to stop counting

Democratic US presidential candidate Joe Biden is nearing 270 electoral votes after key victories in Michigan and Wisconsin, while President Donald Trump demanded a recount and threatened legal action.