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Wednesday 22 April 2020 - 15:29
Story Code : 374320

Iran English language newspaper headlines on Wednesday, 22-4-2020

Tehran Times
 
180,000 jobs planned for corona-affected families
Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam also known as Setad-e Ejraiy-e Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam, will implement 60,000 job creation plans for those financially struggling families who were affected by coronavirus outbreak,

 
U.S. oil futures plumb historic lows below zero, Brent plunges
U.S. oil futures continued to trade in negative territory on Tuesday, after closing down nearly $40 on Monday in their first ever sub-zero dive, as concerns grew the United States will run out of storage for a glut caused by the coronavirus lockdown.

 
Iranian professor publishes memories of 16-month captivity in U.S.
Seyyed Mojtaba Atarodi, an Iranian professor and a suspect in a case of circumvention of the U.S. sanctions on Iran, has published his memories of a 16-month detention in a federal prison in San Francisco in a book.

 
Syrian air defenses repel Israeli air strike on Palmyra area
Syrian air defenses are repelling an Israeli air strike on the Palmyra area in the east of the Homs governorate, the SANA news agency reported on Monday.

 
Charities to provide free meals for the needy during Ramadan
Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation in cooperation with charity associations will provide underprivileged families across the country with five million meals during the holy month of Ramadan (starting April 25).

 
Rouhani urges EU to fulfil its duty in countering U.S. actions
In a phone conversation with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday afternoon, President Hassan Rouhani said that the European Union must fulfil its duty in countering U.S. actions against Iran as the country is struggling to contain the outbreak of the coronavirus.

 
Russian, Iranian, Turkish foreign ministers to discuss Syria via video conference
The foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey are scheduled to hold a round of negotiations on Syria via video conference on Wednesday, the Russian Foreign
Ministry told TASS on Monday.

 
Unilateral sanctions deal a heavy blow to citizens in Iran: Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that the United States illegal unilateral sanctions amid the coronavirus pandemic deal a heavy blow to citizens in
a range of states, first of all Iran, Syria and North Korea.

 
Zarif expands on Tehrans regional peace efforts
After his meeting with Syrian officials in Damascus on Monday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expanded on regional peace and counterterrorism
efforts by Iran.

 
Judiciary dismisses UN rights report on prison furloughs amid virus outbreak
The Iranian Judiciary has dismissed as politically-motivated a United Nations human rights report that suggests Iranian prisoners face discrimination when it comes to receiving furloughs during a new coronavirus outbreak, saying Irans performance in dealing with the issue compared to that of the West has been exemplary.
Rouhani, Putin talk on phone, seek speedy implementation of Tehran-Moscow agreements
In a phone conversation late on Tuesday President Hassan Rouhani and Russian President Vladimir Putin called the Tehran-Moscow ties strategic and called a speedy implementation of the agreements between the two immediate neighbors.
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