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Iran government to list banks, insurers in new IPO worth over $1bn
Apr 26, 2020 00:56The Iranian government is to list its shares in three banks and two insurance companies to raise over $1 billion in new finances as more public firms launch initial public offering (IPO) in a stock market where trade is booming like never before.
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Iran, Turkey stress preserving bilateral trade ties under coronavirus pandemic guidelines
Apr 23, 2020 04:09Iran and Turkey have called for maintaining bilateral trade relations while sticking to the health guidelines issued to rein in a new coronavirus pandemic, which has hit the two neighbors hard.
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EU regrets US attempts to block Iran’s IMF loan request
Apr 23, 2020 01:35The European Union has censured the United States for refusing to ease sanctions on the Islamic Republic and blocking an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan to Iran to help it fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Iran shipped $60bn worth of goods, services since start of US sanctions
Apr 22, 2020 01:02Iran has pocketed around $60 billion from exports of products, services and energy since the United States imposed its sanctions on the country’s sale of crude two years ago.
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Europe must counter illegal US moves amid virus pandemic: President Rouhani
Apr 21, 2020 12:38President Hassan Rouhani has told the Spanish PM that Spain and the European Union in general should fulfill their duties and stand up to illegal US moves at a time that Washington’s economic terrorism have caused serious problems for the Iranian people in their fight against a new coronavirus outbreak.
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Coronavirus pandemic shows West's failure, immorality: Syrian President
Apr 20, 2020 10:52Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the ongoing global crisis caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic has exposed Western countries' failure and immorality.
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Time to act, Iran says, urging IMF to provide loan via INSTEX, SHTA
Apr 20, 2020 01:47The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran called on the International Monetary Fund to make use of the EU-Iran trading mechanism ‘INSTEX’ or the Swiss humanitarian channel for Iran ‘SHTA’ to make a $5 billion loan that Tehran has applied for to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
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South Korea blocks test kits for Iran on Saudi-funded TV's request
Apr 19, 2020 06:28Iran says South Korea has rejected a SWIFT payment request by Tehran for purchase of coronavirus testing kits over the illegal US sanctions.
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Russian envoy calls for lifting of sanctions against Syria amid coronavirus pandemic
Apr 17, 2020 01:42Russian Ambassador to Damascus Aleksandr Yefimov has called for the lifting of sanctions against Syria, stressing that the restrictive measures obstruct the war-ravaged West Asian country’s fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Under US pressure, Spain follows EU peers in banning Iran airline
Apr 15, 2020 08:11The Spanish government has revoked the landing rights of Iran’s Mahan Air, apparently under US pressure which has intensified amid the coronavirus.