Saturday, November 16, 2024

Iran to allow new memory cards in UN's nuclear site cameras

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran agreed Sunday to allow international inspectors to install new memory cards into surveillance cameras at its sensitive nuclear sites and to continue filming there, potentially averting a diplomatic showdown this week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Iran to allow new memory cards in UN's nuclear site cameras

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran agreed Sunday to allow international inspectors to install new memory cards into surveillance cameras at its sensitive nuclear sites and to continue filming there, potentially averting a diplomatic showdown this week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Iran to allow new memory cards in UN's nuclear site cameras

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran agreed Sunday to allow international inspectors to install new memory cards into surveillance cameras at its sensitive nuclear sites and to continue filming there, potentially averting a diplomatic showdown this week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Iran to allow new memory cards in UN's nuclear site cameras

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran agreed Sunday to allow international inspectors to install new memory cards into surveillance cameras at its sensitive nuclear sites and to continue filming there, potentially averting a diplomatic showdown this week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Iran official says nuke inspector deal expired; talks go on

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's hard-line parliament speaker said Sunday a temporary deal between Tehran and international inspectors to preserve surveillance images taken at nuclear sites had ended, escalating tensions amid diplomatic efforts to save the Islamic Republic's atomic accord with world powers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Iran official says nuke inspector deal expired; talks go on

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's hard-line parliament speaker said Sunday a temporary deal between Tehran and international inspectors to preserve surveillance images taken at nuclear sites had ended, escalating tensions amid diplomatic efforts to save the Islamic Republic's atomic accord with world powers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Iran official says nuke inspector deal expired; talks go on

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's hard-line parliament speaker said Sunday a temporary deal between Tehran and international inspectors to preserve surveillance images taken at nuclear sites had ended, escalating tensions amid diplomatic efforts to save the Islamic Republic's atomic accord with world powers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Iran official says nuke inspector deal expired; talks go on

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's hard-line parliament speaker said Sunday a temporary deal between Tehran and international inspectors to preserve surveillance images taken at nuclear sites had ended, escalating tensions amid diplomatic efforts to save the Islamic Republic's atomic accord with world powers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Iran holds missile drill in Gulf of Oman amid tensions

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s navy began a short-range missile drill in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday and inaugurated its largest military vessel, state TV reported, amid heightened tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program and a U.S. pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Iran's top leader bans corona vaccines from US, Britain

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Friday banned Iran from importing of American Pfizer-BioNTech and Britain’s Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccines, a reflection of mistrust toward the West.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Iran says Pfizer vaccine batch expected from US benefactors

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An unidentified group of U.S.-based philanthropists plans to send 150,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Iran in the coming weeks, Iranian media reported Monday, in a step that could bring the hardest-hit country in the Middle East closer to inoculating its citizens against the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Iran says US sanctions hinder access to COVID-19 vaccines

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that U.S. sanctions are making it difficult for Iran to purchase medicine and health supplies from abroad, including COVID-19 vaccines needed to contain the worst outbreak in the Middle East.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Iran's president opposes bill that would boost enrichment

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday expressed his opposition to a bill approved by parliament the previous day to suspend U.N. inspections and boost uranium enrichment, saying it would be “harmful” to diplomatic efforts aimed at restoring the 2015 nuclear deal and easing U.S. sanctions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Iran says Israel killed military nuclear scientist remotely

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A top Iranian security official on Monday accused Israel of using “electronic devices” to remotely kill a scientist who founded the Islamic Republic's military nuclear program in the 2000s.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Iran says Israel remotely killed military nuclear scientist

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A top Iranian security official on Monday accused Israel of using “electronic devices” to remotely kill a scientist who founded the Islamic Republic's military nuclear program in the 2000s.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Iran holds funeral for slain military nuclear scientist

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran held a funeral service Monday for the slain scientist who founded its military nuclear program two decades ago, with the Islamic Republic's defense minister vowing to continue the man's work “with more speed and more power.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Iran closes businesses, curtails travel amid virus surge

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Saturday shuttered businesses and curtailed travel between its major cities, including the capital of Tehran, as it grapples with the worst outbreak of the coronavirus in the Mideast region.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Adviser to Iran's leader: US attack risks 'full-fledged war'

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An adviser to Iran's supreme leader who is a possible 2021 presidential candidate is warning that any American attack on the Islamic Republic could set off a “full-fledged war” in the Mideast in the waning days of the Trump administration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Iran candidate tells AP: US attack risks 'full-fledged war'

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An adviser to Iran's supreme leader who is a possible 2021 presidential candidate is warning that any American attack on the Islamic Republic could set off a “full-fledged war” in the Mideast in the waning days of the Trump administration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Iran's supreme leader, quoting Trump, mocks US election

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's supreme leader mocked America's presidential election Tuesday in a televised address, quoting President Donald Trump's own baseless claims about voter fraud to criticize the vote as Tehran marked the 1979 U.S. Embassy hostage crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Iran summons French diplomat over Macron’s remarks

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran summoned a French diplomat in protest at what it says is France's support for the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, state media reported on Tuesday, in the latest fallout over France's response to the beheading of a teacher.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

UN arms embargoes on Iran expire despite US objections

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets expired Sunday as planned under its nuclear deal with world powers, despite objections from the United States, which insists the ban remains in place.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

UN arms embargoes on Iran expire despite US objections

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets expired Sunday as planned under its nuclear deal with world powers, despite objections from the United States, which insists the ban remains in place.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Months into pandemic, Iran sees worst wave of virus deaths

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's capital has run out of intensive care beds as the country confronts a new surge of infections that is filling hospitals and cemeteries alike. The single-day death toll hit a record high three times this week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

In Iran, false belief a poison fights virus kills hundreds

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — 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.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

In Iran, false belief a poison fights virus kills hundreds

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — 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.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Jordan goes on virus lockdown as Iran's death toll mounts

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Air raid sirens echoed across Jordan's capital 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.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran frees French researcher in apparent prisoner swap

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) —
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran's leaders take upbeat tone even as virus deaths climb

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's leaders vowed to overcome the coronavirus outbreak in upbeat messages marking the Persian New Year on Friday, even as the Health Ministry announced 149 more fatalities, bringing the country's death toll to 1,433.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran's leaders take upbeat tone even as virus deaths climb

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's leaders vowed to overcome the coronavirus outbreak in upbeat messages marking the Persian New Year on Friday, even as the Health Ministry announced 149 more fatalities, bringing the country's death toll to 1,433.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran's leaders take upbeat tone even as virus deaths climb

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's leaders vowed to overcome the coronavirus outbreak in upbeat messages marking the Persian New Year on Friday, even as the Health Ministry announced 149 more fatalities, bringing the country's death toll to 1,433.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mideast airlines lose $7B as airports shut to combat virus

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Seven Middle Eastern countries have suspended all commercial flights due to the fast-spreading new coronavirus, as the aviation industry's largest trade association announced Thursday that airlines in the region have already lost more than $7 billion in revenue.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Virus death toll spikes in Iran, with total now at 1,135

TEHRAN (AP) — Iran on Wednesday reported its single biggest jump in fatalities from the coronavirus as another 147 people died, raising the country's overall death toll to 1,135.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Virus death toll spikes in Iran, with total now at 1,135

TEHRAN (AP) — Iran on Wednesday reported its single biggest jump in fatalities from the coronavirus as another 147 people died, raising the country's overall death toll to 1,135.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Virus death toll spikes in Iran, with total now at 1,135

TEHRAN (AP) — Iran on Wednesday reported its single biggest jump in fatalities from the coronavirus as another 147 people died, raising the country's overall death toll to 1,135.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran's Nowruz New Year, typically joyous, haunted by virus

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — At this time of year, the meandering arcades and alleys of Tehran's Grand Bazaar and other markets would usually be filled with shoppers rushing to stock up before the Persian New Year, Nowruz — a major holiday in Iran, when the entire country goes on vacation.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran's Nowruz New Year, typically joyous, haunted by virus

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — At this time of year, the meandering arcades and alleys of Tehran's Grand Bazaar and other markets would usually be filled with shoppers rushing to stock up before the Persian New Year, Nowruz — a major holiday in Iran, when the entire country goes on vacation.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran's Nowruz New Year, typically joyous, haunted by virus

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — At this time of year, the meandering arcades and alleys of Tehran's Grand Bazaar and other markets would usually be filled with shoppers rushing to stock up before the Persian New Year, Nowruz — a major holiday in Iran, when the entire country goes on vacation.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran warns virus could kill 'millions' in Islamic Republic

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran issued its most dire warning yet Tuesday about the new coronavirus ravaging the country, suggesting “millions” could die in the Islamic Republic if people keep traveling and ignore health guidance.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran warns virus could kill 'millions' in Islamic Republic

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran issued its most dire warning yet Tuesday about the new coronavirus ravaging the country, suggesting “millions” could die in the Islamic Republic if people keep traveling and ignore health guidance.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran warns virus could kill 'millions' in Islamic Republic

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran issued its most dire warning yet Tuesday about the new coronavirus ravaging the country, suggesting “millions” could die in the Islamic Republic if people keep traveling and ignore health guidance.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran reports more than 100 new virus deaths as fears mount

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The official leading Iran's response to the new coronavirus acknowledged Sunday that the pandemic could overwhelm health facilities in his country, which is battling the worst outbreak in the Middle East while under heavy U.S. sanctions.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran reports 113 new coronavirus deaths as concerns mount

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s official leading its response to the new coronavirus acknowledged Sunday the pandemic could overwhelm health facilities in his country, which is battling the worst outbreak in the Mideast while under heavy U.S. sanctions. Iran also reported 113 new deaths from the virus, bringing its death …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran reports 113 new coronavirus deaths as concerns mount

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s official leading its response to the new coronavirus acknowledged Sunday the pandemic could overwhelm health facilities in his country, which is battling the worst outbreak in the Mideast while under heavy U.S. sanctions. Iran also reported 113 new deaths from the virus, bringing its death …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran asks for billions in loans as virus death toll climbs

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Thursday it asked the International Monetary Fund for a $5 billion loan to fight the coronavirus, the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that it has sought such assistance, in a staggering admission of how fragile its economy has become amid the epidemic …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran asks for billions in loans as virus death toll climbs

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Thursday it asked the International Monetary Fund for a $5 billion loan to fight the coronavirus, the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that it has sought such assistance, in a staggering admission of how fragile its economy has become amid the epidemic …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran asks for billions in loans as virus death toll climbs

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Thursday it asked the International Monetary Fund for a $5 billion loan to fight the coronavirus, the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that it has sought such assistance, in a staggering admission of how fragile its economy has become amid the epidemic …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

News agency: Iran VP, 2 Cabinet members have new virus

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's senior vice president and two other Cabinet members have contracted the new coronavirus, a semiofficial news agency reported Wednesday as the death toll in the Islamic Republic from the outbreak rose by 62 to 354.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

News agency: Iran VP, 2 Cabinet members have new virus

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's senior vice president and two other Cabinet members have contracted the new coronavirus, a semiofficial news agency reported Wednesday as the death toll in the Islamic Republic from the outbreak rose by 62 to 354.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

News agency: Iran VP, 2 Cabinet members have new virus

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's senior vice president and two other Cabinet members have contracted the new coronavirus, a semiofficial news agency reported Wednesday as the death toll in the Islamic Republic from the outbreak rose by 62 to 354.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran to call dead medical staff 'martrys' as virus kills 291

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran will recognize doctors and nurses who die combating the new coronavirus as “martyrs” like slain soldiers, the country's supreme leader announced Tuesday as the outbreak killed 54 more people and pushed the nation's death toll to 291.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran warns it could use 'force' to halt travel amid virus

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities warned Friday they may use “force” to limit travel between cities and announced the new coronavirus has killed 124 people amid 4,747 confirmed cases in the Islamic Republic.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Iran unveils nation's first unmanned bomber

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday inaugurated the country's first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an "ambassador of death" to Iran's enemies.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO