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Tehran, June 9, IRNA - Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi said in the launching ceremony of the second phase of clinical test for Fakhra COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday that Iran has joined the few countries that can produce– such coronavirus vaccines.

Harirchi said that only a handful of countries in the world are capable of producing COVID-19 vaccines and Iran has joined this league by producing several vaccines.

Moscow, June 9, IRNA – The 9th batch of Russian Corona vaccine, Sputnik V, including 100,000 doses, was delivered to the Iranian Embassy in Moscow on Wednesday and will be forwarded to Tehran on Thursday.

The vaccines will be sent to Tehran via the Iranian airline of Mahan on Thursday.

So far 900,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines have been delivered to Iran.

Tehran, June 9, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message referred to his talks with UN envoys on Afghanistan and Yemen here in Tehran, saying, "Iran seeks regional peace and stability."

"Fruitful talks with UNSG SRs on Afghanistan, Mr. Arnault, and on Yemen, Mr. Griffiths," Zarif wrote in his Twitter account on Wednesday.

"Key theme: Peace processes must be owned by all Afghans and Yemenis—without external imposition," he added.

"Important common denominator: Iran seeks regional peace and stability. Ready to facilitate," he reiterated.

09 June 2021; MEMO: Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Kazem Gharibabadi, yesterday rejected the IAEA chief's assessment of the level of cooperation between the agency and Tehran, describing it as "biased" and "lacking in credibility".

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said in his opening statement to the quarterly session of the IAEA Board of Governors that technical discussions between the IAEA and Iran have not yielded the expected results.

07 June 2021; MEMO: Candidates in Iran's presidential election this month traded strong barbs in a debate on Saturday, accusing each other of treason or of lacking the education to run an economy devastated by three years of US sanctions, reports Reuters.

05 June 2021; MEMO: Iran described on Friday the United Nations (UN) decision to suspend Tehran's voting rights in the UN General Assembly due to its failure to pay dues as "shameful and unacceptable".

Recently, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the application of Article 19 of the UN Charter, which provides for the suspension of the voting rights of any country that fails to pay its dues for the past two years.

TEHRAN, Jun 3 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, said that, the main issues between Tehran and Washington, in the ongoing nuclear talks in Vienna, have been settled.

“Today (yesterday), we are witnessing the resolution of major issues with the United States” in the Vienna talks, aimed at the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Rouhani said, at a cabinet meeting.

03 June 2021; MEMO: A massive fire that erupted last night at an oil refinery near Iran's capital Tehran is still raging despite attempts to extinguish it. There have been no reports of casualties.

The Tondguyan refinery, which is run by Tehran Oil Refining Co, has reportedly ruled out the possibility of sabotage. According to Tasnim news agency, people across different neighbourhoods in the city could see thick plumes of black smoke over the refinery.

TEHRAN, Jun 2 (NNN-IRNA) – Two military pilots of the Iranian Air Force died yesterday, at the Vahdati Air Force Base, in the south-western Iranian city of Dezful, due to a “technical failure” of an F-5 training plane.

The Special Governor of Dezful, Ali Farahmandpour, stressed that, the accident happened on the ground, not during or after a flight, adding that, the circumstances are being investigated by a team sent to Dezful from Tehran.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The largest warship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semiofficial news agencies reported.

The Fars and Tasnim news agencies said efforts failed to save the support warship Kharg, named after the island that serves as the main oil terminal for Iran.