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Covid-19: Iran approves Russian Sputnik V vaccine Tehran said it would produce and import the Russian vaccine as it endures the highest rate of infections in the region Medical worker holds a vial of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine in Moscow (AFP) By Published date: 26 January 2021 13:42 UTC | Last update: 1 month 3 weeks ago Iran has approved Russia's Sputnik V vaccine and said that it planned to import it as well as produce it in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Tuesday.  Zarif m...

Published date: 23 January 2021 10:45 UTC | Last update: 10 months 3 weeks ago Controversy has erupted in Iran after senior officials blamed Chinese mining of cryptocurrencies for recurring blackouts in the country, as well as rocketing pollution. Following major power outages in Tehran in early January, media reports and officials began to point the finger at a large Chinese mining farm near the city of Rafsanjan. The farm, which employs 54,000 miners, is the largest authorised site for Bitcoin mining in the country, reportedly using 175 megawatt h...