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Iran pays another $32 mln to fund fight against coronavirus
Mar 29, 2020 01:42The Iranian government has provided another $32 million in emergency funding to the health sector amid a nationwide effort to contain the new coronavirus.
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‘US continues to block Iranian assets needed to buy medical equipment to fight COVID-19’
Mar 29, 2020 01:19Iran rejects reports that the United States has agreed to grant sanctions waivers to certain countries in order to open up the way for the Islamic Republic to access frozen assets and buy medical supplies and equipment needed to fight the pandemic of the new coronavirus.
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Senator Murphy calls on Washington to ease sanctions on Iran, Venezuela amid pandemic
Mar 28, 2020 00:45An American senator has called on the US administration to ease economic sanctions against Iran and Venezuela as the restrictive measures are hindering the humanitarian response to the coronavirus pandemic in the countries.
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Coronavirus spread keeping up, Iran's Zarfi urges release of Iranians jailed in horrific US facilities
Mar 27, 2020 13:41Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urges the United States to release innocent Iranian scientists jailed in horrific US facilities amid the pandemic of the new coronavirus.
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US sanctions hamper coronavirus fight in Venezuela
Mar 27, 2020 13:40Venezuela’s economy relied on oil exports to generate the revenue necessary to import goods. With the fall in oil prices came a directed attack on Venezuela by a new round of unilateral and illegal sanctions from the United States. These sanctions prevented oil companies and transportation firms from doing business with Venezuela; international banks seized Venezuela’s holdings in their vaults, including $1.2 billion in gold in the Bank of England, and stopped doing business with Venezuela.
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Iran making progress in search of new funds to fight coronavirus: Chief banker
Mar 27, 2020 10:31Iran’s chief banker says efforts for accessing new sources of hard currency to fight the new coronavirus pandemic have borne fruit.
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China's Xi offers help to US but Trump intensifies sanctions on countries
Mar 27, 2020 09:57President Xi Jinping says China is ready to help the US with the fast-growing coronavirus outbreak, as Washington steps up its sanctions policy against world countries.
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Iran slams ‘baseless’ US accusations against Venezuela’s president
Mar 27, 2020 09:53Iran’s Foreign Ministry has slammed Washington’s “baseless” accusations against the Venezuelan president as the pinnacle of “obscene unilateralism” and a flagrant violation of international law.
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Putin calls for sanctions 'moratorium' amid pandemic
Mar 27, 2020 00:10Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for the lifting of the illegal sanctions on various countries that are hindering the global fight against the new coronavirus.
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US imposes new illegal sanctions on Iranian and Iraqi individuals, companies
Mar 26, 2020 14:21The United States has imposed new illegal sanctions on 20 companies, officials and individuals in Iran and Iraq, despite growing global pressure on the US to end the illegal sanctions on Iran as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic.