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President Hassan Rouhani in a phone call with Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh called for advancing the plans and policies for boosting petroleum products in a bid to decrease the crude oil sales. Rouhani pointed to the government’s progress in economic programs during the past year without relying on oil revenues, …

Iran has developed plans to support and empower knowledge-based companies as a step forward to materialize the goal of a surge in production, as the economy is grappling with the coronavirus predicament.

In the current situation that the country is grappling with the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, the government should establish health protocols with neighboring countries in order to spur export.

Secretary of Iranian Free Zones High Council Morteza Bank and Syrian Envoy in Iran Adnan Mahmoud discussed ways to promote joint investments through setting up joint industrial and commercial free zones.

Sources say that the United States is trying to prevent the start of a powerful tool in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that would increase liquidity and help COVID19-affected countries such as Iran.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that assessing Iran’s request for $5 billion in emergency financing in a process takes time because IMF’s engagement with Tehran has been limited in recent times.

Iranian Parliament Speaker's Special Aide for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a meeting with Turkish Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran Derya Örs on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations.

Tehran’s Mayor Pirooz Hanachi and his counterpart in Seoul Park Won-soon shared experiences in the fight against coronavirus pandemic in a video talk on Tue.

After the United States opposed the IMF loan grant to Iran, a member of the Iranian Parliament's Plan and Budget Commission said that Tehran can take back its membership fee paid to the Fund over the past years.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that it was not the time to reduce the WHO's resources to fight COVID-19.