Tehran (AFP) – Iran on Wednesday said new deaths from the novel coronavirus remained in double figures for the second day in a row, as the country gradually reopens its sanctions-hit economy. Health …
Iran’s coronavirus death toll rises to 4777: health official
Iran’s neweath toll rose to 4777 on Wednesday, health ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said in a statement on state TV. Ninety four people died in the past twenty four hours, he said. Iran, the …
US May Stall Massive IMF Liquidity Boost Over Iran, China, Say Sources
The Trump administration doesn’t want Iran and China to have access to billions of dollars in new resources with no conditions, two of the sources said. Special Drawing Rights or SDRs, based on …
IMF’s assessment of Iran funding request is ‘taking time’: official
DUBAI (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund is still assessing Iran’s request for $5 billion in emergency financing in a process which is taking time partly because of the IMF’s limited …
Oil tanker seized by armed men off Iran coast
An oil tanker has been boarded by armed men off the coast of Iran, in an incident similar to the Revolutionary Guard’s “arrests” of ships in and around the Gulf last summer.The oil tanker was taken to …
Coronavirus: Are the bodies of victims undermining Iran’s official figures?
The same grim situation – body after body, laid out on the ground in some kind of macabre queue. The video was filmed in the main cemetery in Qom, a holy city in central Iran. It was where coronavirus …