TEHRAN (defapress) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell employers next week to start ordering staff back to their places of work, as long as it is safe to do so, in order to stem the coronavirus hit to the economy.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi dismissed as unconstructive and irresponsible the recent resolution that the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors has adopt on Iran.

TEHRAN (defapress)- President of the National Council of Austria Wolfgang Sobotka expressed hope that Vienna and Tehran would promote parliamentary cooperation during the tenure of Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf as Iran’s Parliament Speaker.

TEHRAN (defapress) - The United States deteriorated security in Persian Gulf, after it withdrew from the JCPOA two years ago, Russian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov wrote on Twitter.

TEHRAN (defapress) – In reaction to German ban on Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Rear Admiral Shamkhani said that suppliers of chemical weapons to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein have become defenders of human rights and call Lebanon’s Hezbollah as ‘terrorist’ for fear of its child-killer friend.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said the Islamic Republic’s Army has spared no efforts to protect people’s health amid the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.

TEHRAN (defapress) - The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic had broken the law by refusing to host refugees to help ease the burden on southern states such as Greece and Italy after a surge in migrant arrivals from 2015.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami ordered the IRGC units to launch rescue and relief operations in the provinces of Iran hit by floods.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Iranian Health Ministry has screened 31.6 million people to detect the coronavirus infection cases, a deputy minister announced.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Spain set up police checks at its land borders with France and Portugal on Tuesday and turned back foreigners attempting to enter, part of strict measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Europe’s second hardest-hit country.