Middle East

As lockdown eases, Israelis again gather against Netanyahu

Iran announces record 337 virus deaths in single day
Iran on Monday reported 337 deaths from the novel coronavirus, the highest daily tally since February, pushing the death toll in the country to 30,712.
Iran: No matter who wins US elections
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson reacted to claims by the US President Donald Trump that an agreement with Washington would be much harder for Tehran if he won reelection, saying that it does not matter for Iran who would win the US elections.
As lockdown eases, Israelis again gather against Netanyahu
Thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night, resuming the weekly protest against the Israeli leader after emergency restrictions imposed as part of a coronavirus lockdown were lifted.
Iran, Ukraine hold new talks over downed passenger plane
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Iran stresses need for further anti-narcotics cooperation with Afghanistan
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Russia says military-technical cooperation will proceed with Iran
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Sunday that Moscow’s cooperation in the military-technical sphere will proceed with Tehran after a United Nations arms embargo on Iran expired on Sunday.
Hamas dismissed US offer of negotiations over 'deal of the century': Top official
Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, turned down an offer by the United States to hold negotiations over President Donald Trump’s controversial "deal of the century" on the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a senior Hamas official said.
Iran welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan cease-fire, calls for negotiation
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WHO provides Iran with ventilators, PCR machines
The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered 150 medical ventilators and 100 high-performance real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) thermal cyclers to Iran to further support the country’s health system in its efforts to respond to the COVID-19 health emergency.
Iran coronavirus cases top 530,000
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