TEHRAN, February 2 - The eldest son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, committed suicide on Thursday aged 68 after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported.
TEHRAN, January 30 -Tourism to Cuba, one of the few bright spots in its ailing economy, has slid in the wake of Hurricane Irma and the Trump administration’s tighter restrictions on travel to the Caribbean island, a Cuban tourism official said on Monday.
TEHRAN, January 29 - Thousands of students and Communist Party militants staged a torch-lit march in Havana on Saturday, January 27, in commemoration of the 165th anniversary of the birth of independence hero, Jose Marti.
TEHRAN, January 20 - President Hassan Rouhani said Iran is resolved to strengthen its relations with Cuba, especially in the economic sector, expressing his opposition to the sanctions policy targeting independent nations.
TEHRAN, January 20 -Cuban and US officials have concluded their week-long talks in Washington on law enforcement collaboration amid tensions between the long-time foes.
TEHRAN, January 7- US Sen. Jeff Flake said on Saturday that he has seen no evidence that American diplomats who fell victim to mysterious health symptoms while in Havana were deliberately attacked.
TEHRAN, December 27 - A fireworks explosion injured 39 people, including six children between the ages of 11 and 15, during a popular Cuban carnival on Christmas Eve, state-run media reported on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, December 22 -Cuban President Raul Castro will step down in April 2018 straight after his successor is chosen by a top governing council according to a vote Thursday in the island state's National Assembly.
TEHRAN, December 6 - Iran is going to establish a nano-tech laboratory in Cuba soon, said Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology after a meeting with a Cuban delegation in Tehran.
TEHRAN, November 23 - Cuba's foreign minister and his North Korean counterpart rejected the United States' "unilateral and arbitrary" demands on Wednesday while expressing concern about escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula, the ministry said.
TEHRAN, October 29 -Cuba will make it easier for its U.S.-based citizens to travel to the island, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Saturday, in a gesture to win support from Cuban Americans during a diplomatic crisis over allegations of mysterious health attacks.
TEHRAN, October 7 - US President Donald Trump says his country has no intention to lift economic sanctions against Cuba unless Cuban people are given what he called “full political freedom."
TEHRAN, September 30 - Cuba has reiterated its criticism leveled at the United States over Washington's decision to reduce staff at its Havana embassy.
TEHRAN, September 29 -The United States is preparing to announce a major withdrawal of staff and family from the US embassy in Cuba in response to mysterious health attacks targeting diplomats. Only essential personnel will be left.
TEHRAN, September 27 - Cuba’s foreign minister has called on the United States to refrain from making a hasty decision with regards to the relations between the two countries, which have recently strained over mysterious incidents harming the health of American diplomats in Havana.
TEHRAN, September 10 - Hurricane Irma has begun pummeling Florida, threatening almost the entire southeastern US after cuttingn through the Caribbean islands.
Cuba has lashed out at US President Donald Trump for reinstating the anti-Havana travel and economic restrictions eased by the former Washington administration, decrying the measure as a “return to the coercive methods of the past.”
Iran and Cuba signed 12 Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) for mutual cooperation in various domains as well as a final document of joint economic commission between the two countries, said Iranian Health Minister Hassan Hashemi.