2020-03-23
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected vital help even as Iran becomes a greater threat to world health with its increasing number of infected and its ill-advised policies.
Across the region, governments are taking additional steps to stem the novel coronavirus pandemic as the number of cases continues to rise.
By transporting militiamen across the region through back channels, Iran may have accelerated the spread of coronavirus in the Middle East.
2020-03-19
Arab nations' GDP is expected to shrink by at least $42 billion in 2020, hit by plunging oil prices and virus-linked shutdowns.
2020-03-16
Gulf Co-operation Council states are taking measures to stem the spread with the six states recording over 800 cases of COVID-19.
2020-03-11
With the IRGC in charge, the Iranian people have little faith in the government's ability to contain the spread of the virus, analysts say.
2020-02-27
As COVID-19 continues to spread and claim lives, a media watchdog has accused Iran of blocking independent reporting of the outbreak.
2020-02-12
The Yemeni government has accused the Iran-backed Houthis of trying to disrupt the airbridge established to transport patients through Sanaa airport.
2019-11-26
More than 3,500 people have reportedly come down with the fever, with 50 deaths reported in al-Hodeidah.
2019-11-20
Time and again, the Iranian regime has called in excessive force to suppress protests, showing little regard for the concerns of its own people.