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March 16,2020
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the “cruel” and “unilateral” sanctions imposed by the White House are severely hampering Iran’s fight against the novel coronavirus.
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March 15,2020
The Central Bank of Iran has released a list of businesses that have been directly affected by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. These businesses can apply to receive support and...
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March 15,2020
President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will not be put under lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, as the country’s tally of confirmed cases climbed to 13,938 on Sunday and the death toll...
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March 15,2020
The governor of the Central Bank of Iran on Wednesday outlined financial aid to help mitigate economic losses arising from coronavirus outbreak.
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March 15,2020
Iran’s Foreign Ministry called on the international community to disregard the United States’ sanctions against Tehran, while the country is grappling with the global pandemic of the new...
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March 15,2020
The total number of active debit cards reached 104.93 million up until the Iranian calendar month (Feb. 20) of the fiscal year that ends next week.
Shaparak, the company in charge of supervising...
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March 14,2020
Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations said the US sanctions are hindering the country’s efforts to contain the novel coronavirus epidemic.
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March 14,2020
More than 1.21 trillion rials ($7.85 million) worth of hoarded products needed to combat the new coronavirus have been confiscated during an eight-day period starting March 3, the head of Iran...
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March 14,2020
The Ministry of Economy has sent requests to multilateral development banks, in which Iran is a member, for financial and non-financial assistance for controlling, combating and treating the...
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March 14,2020
The export of 137 tons of medical gloves (28 million pairs) from the country has been blocked recently in the Bazargan district, a border crossing in West Azarbaijan Province, northwest of Iran.
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March 14,2020
Iran’s death toll due to the novel coronavirus outbreak rose by 97 new fatalities to 611 on Saturday, a health official announced.
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March 13,2020
Insurance companies in Iran have provided nearly 4.5 trillion rials ($30 million) to medical centers affiliated to the Ministry of Health to help them overcome financial constraints amid the...
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March 13,2020
Tariffs for the import of masks and scrubs have been abolished, according to Saeed Abbaspour, the director general of the Ministry of Industries, Mining, and Trade's Exports and Imports Regulations...
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March 13,2020
Iran’s top diplomat has asked the United Nations to allocate resources to help Iran tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, as its death toll rose to 514 on Friday.
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March 13,2020
The government-based Iran National Innovation Fund is planning to pay 50 trillion rials ($322.5 million) in loans to knowledge-based companies and tech firms to help boost their operations.
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March 13,2020
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei issued a decree on Thursday, ordering the establishment of a “health and treatment base” to help stem the spread of the ongoing...
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March 13,2020
The governor of the Central Bank of Iran said he has asked the International Monetary Fund last week for $5 billion in emergency loans to help the country contain the spreading virus and mitigate...
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March 13,2020
Iran’s flights to Dubai, the UAE, will not be operated until the end of March and their re-launch appears unlikely until Iran brings the situation under control and provides the appropriate...
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March 13,2020
Given the fact that the two-week Norouz (Iranian New Year) holidays are the main travel season in Iran, airline, railroad and bus companies will be among the hardest hit by the lack of demand from...
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March 11,2020
Head of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mining and Agriculture has called on the Central Bank of Iran to postpone deadline(s) for repatriating export earnings by at least three months to...
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March 11,2020
Approximately 63% of the residents of the capital city don’t have sufficient access to medical and hygiene products, including masks and disinfectants, amid the increasing cases of COVID-19, of...
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March 11,2020
Tehran’s residents have been increasingly using e-payment services for taxi fares, such that cashless payments registered a 30% increase in the past week. This could help limit the spread of COVID-...
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March 11,2020
Banks and financial institutions in Iran have been advised to curtail operations and take effective precautionary hygiene measures, especially where the coronavirus is widespread, to protect bank...
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March 11,2020
The number of deaths due to the coronavirus epidemic in Iran rose to 354 on Wednesday, from among 9,000 people who tested positive for the contagion, health officials said.
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March 10,2020
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani called for international intervention for the removal of the United States’ sanctions on Iran while the country is battling a growing coronavirus epidemic...