Spokesman for the presiding board of the parliament announced on Saturday that the Parliament is to investigate the economic damages to the country due to coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday, in an open session which will be the first session in the new...read more
Acting chief of Iran's Red Crescent Society (IRCS) Karim Hemmati announced that the organization is planning to offer assistance to almost 2 million people who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus epidemic.read more
Iran's Ministry of Economy and Finance said that OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) approved $0.5mln aid to Iran for purchase of equipment to battle coronavirus epidemic.read more
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani informed of his administration's decisions for paying loans to 4 million poor Iranian households that have been affected as coronavirus pandemic persists.
"The conditions for receiving the loan will be announced soon,...read more
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani rejected the bipolarity of ‘health vs. economy’ in fighting coronavirus and stressed the use of a plan that would entail indigenous initiatives.read more
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron described launching the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchange (INSTEX) as a positive, but insufficient step.read more
Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri announced on Tuesday that the country will have no need to imports of masks and disinfecting materials from foreign states to fight against coronavirus in the near future.read more
Iran’s gas export volume registered a 26 percent hike in the past Iranian calendar year [ended March 20, 2020] as compared to the last year’s corresponding period.read more
An Iranian university researcher says domestically-developed coronavirus diagnostic test kits, light-weight ventilators and virus-killingfacemasks will soon enter the mass-production stage.read more