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Iran renews coronavirus warning as ‘low risk’ activities re-start
Middle East
April 12, 2020
Iran renews coronavirus warning as ‘low risk’ activities re-start
DUBAI (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani urged Iranians to continue to respect measures to guard against the new coronavirus as…
Rouhani urges Iranians to respect health protocols as coronavirus curbs ease
Middle East
April 11, 2020
Rouhani urges Iranians to respect health protocols as coronavirus curbs ease
DUBAI (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani urged Iranians to respect health protocols to guard against the new coronavirus as “low-risk”…
Iran presses for IMF loan; some business to stay shut despite easing
Middle East
April 8, 2020
Iran presses for IMF loan; some business to stay shut despite easing
DUBAI (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani pressed harder on Wednesday for a US$5 billion emergency IMF loan Iran has sought…
Iran’s Rouhani says low-risk economic activities to resume from April 11 amid coronavirus
Middle East
April 5, 2020
Iran’s Rouhani says low-risk economic activities to resume from April 11 amid coronavirus
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s president said on Sunday “low-risk” economic activities would resume from April 11 in the Middle Eastern…
US has lost opportunity to lift Iran sanctions amid coronavirus: Rouhani
Middle East
April 1, 2020
US has lost opportunity to lift Iran sanctions amid coronavirus: Rouhani
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s president said on Wednesday that, with the advent of the coronavirus, the United States had missed…
Iran’s Khamenei rejects US help offer, vows to defeat coronavirus
Middle East
March 22, 2020
Iran’s Khamenei rejects US help offer, vows to defeat coronavirus
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United States’ offer to help Iran in its fight against the new coronavirus pandemic is strange,…
Iran president expects coronavirus restrictions to ease within three weeks
Middle East
March 21, 2020
Iran president expects coronavirus restrictions to ease within three weeks
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that social distancing measures to combat the coronavirus outbreak in…
Conservatives ahead as Iran poll results trickle in
Middle East
February 23, 2020
Conservatives ahead as Iran poll results trickle in
Conservatives took a lead Saturday as the first results of Iran’s parliamentary election came in, boosted by a predicted low…
Khamenei downplays protests, says Iran foes exploiting plane tragedy
Middle East
January 18, 2020
Khamenei downplays protests, says Iran foes exploiting plane tragedy
Iran’s supreme leader said Friday that demonstrations at home over the accidental downing of a Ukrainian airliner were unrepresentative of…
Under pressure, Iran makes first arrests over airliner downing
Middle East
January 14, 2020
Under pressure, Iran makes first arrests over airliner downing
Iran announced Tuesday its first arrests over the shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week, as it struggles to…