The Iranian Army’s Air Defense Force warded off an F-18 fighter jet after approaching the country's bordering areas from the South.

Iran's Foreign Ministry has bluntly refuted claims by US State Department that the Islamic Republic is fostering conspiracy theories by highlighting the role of the United States in the global spread of the deadly new coronavirus, known as COVID-19.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani described the US offer to help Iran fight against the coronavirus epidemic as a big lie as the harshest sanctions against the country are still in place, saying that Tehran does not want Washington’s “glass of muddy water”.

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution described the US “the evillest enemy of the Iranian nation,” saying the offer by the United States to help Iran fight the coronavirus outbreak is strange.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei will deliver a live and direct speech to the Iranian nation Sunday, after he canceled his regular New Year speech at the Imam Reza Holy Shrine in the city of Mashhad in line with precautionary measures to prevent the further spread of the novel coronavirus.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a phone conversation felicitated Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Nowruz (the start of new year in Persian-language-speaking states), expressing the hope that the country would defeat the coronavirus epidemic.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has once again raised the alarm about the impact of US sanctions on the Islamic Republic's efforts to contain the new coronavirus, asserting that Iran "won't break."

Iran's foreign minister has once again chastised the United States for pursuing its outdated and failed policy toward Iran, advising American politicians to change their “bankrupt” policy.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says US sanctions and pressures have failed to force the Iranian nation to give in to Washington’s excessive demands.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the United States' sanctions have made Iran self-sufficient as he calls for unity in the new Iranian year which began Friday morning.