MNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani condemned the inhumane measures of the White House which has blocked Irans efforts to access medicine amid the pandemic. We requested a $5 billion loan from IMF and all members agreed but America does not allow the payment of this loan [which will be used] for providing medicine, vaccine, and health ...

Tehran Times - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to defy U.S. resistance and grant the country the $5 billion loan which Iran requested to relieve the economic pressure caused by the pandemic. Were hoping the IMF board wont remain under U.S. pressure and will live up to its commitments to all countries,...

Iran Review | Shervin Ghaffari: A leaked USAF intelligence report highlights growing concern about the impact of sanctions amid the global pandemic. The U.S. Air Force has joined the list of organizations that worry about the impact of U.S. sanctions on Iran amid the coronavirus pandemic. A service intelligence report leaked to the press says ...

Press TV - A senior Russian diplomat has slammed the US for obstructing a loan by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Iran and Syria to help them in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic. "The US move, which is politically motivated to block the transfer of loans, including emergency financing in the face of a humanitarian crisis, to ...

Iranian Diplomacy | Mahnaz Abdi: Like most of the countries around the world, Iran is fighting with coronavirus pandemic and it has made the country facing some economic difficulties and limitations. Such difficult condition has led Iran toask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for emergency loan to help it contain the pandemic. In a letter ...

IRNA The secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran wrote in a Twitter message that US objection to Irans loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) violates Jus Cogens of International Law and the Right to Health. Ali Shamkhani said that other governments have two commitments: to stop cooperation with the violating government ...

Politico | JACOPO BARIGAZZI: Tehran asked for $5 million from the IMF, but the United States said no. Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief, on Wednesday criticized the U.S. for blocking an Iranian request for a loan from the International Monetary Fund. "I regret that ... the United States are opposing the International Monetary Fund ...

Reuters - The European Union has urged the United States to ease its sanctions on Iran and approve economic aid to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic, but its calls were rejected, the EUs top diplomat said on Wednesday. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the United States was preventing the International Monetary Fund from assisting ...

Bloomberg |Golnar Motevalli: The Head of Irans central bank, Abdolnaser Hemmati, provided written answers to questions from Bloomberg about the Islamic Republics request for around $5 billionin loans from the International Monetary Fund to help it keep its economy afloat as it grapples with a major outbreak of the coronavirus. Q: Can you give the ...

UrduPoint News / Sputnik - Germany, France and the United Kingdom do not oppose the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) loan to Iran, which Tehran needs to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday, adding at the same time that there is a need to ensure that the funds will be used for their intended purpose Germany,...

Tasnim Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Italy to stand up to the violation of international regulations by the US, which seeks to block Tehrans request for an emergency International Monetary Fund loan to fight the coronavirus. In a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Italy Giuseppe Conte on Monday, Rouhani lashed out at the ...

Press TV - Irans Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should approve Tehran'srequest for a loan without delay and to resist US pressure amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Last month, the Islamic Republic asked the IMFfor $5 billion in loans to help finance its efforts to combat the disease.IMF officials ...

Reuters - The International Monetary Fund is still assessing Irans request for $5 billion in emergency financing in a process which is taking time partly because of the IMFs limited engagement with Tehran in recent times, a senior IMF official told Reuters. Iran, the Middle East country worst affected by the new coronavirus outbreak, approached ...

MNA 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. Mohammad Hosseini Member of Parliament Plan and Budget Commission said that the US opposition to Irans access to financial resources ...

Tasnim The loan that Iran has asked the International Monetary Fund for in order to deal with the coronavirus outbreak is totally unconditional and must be given immediately, the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran said. Speaking to IRIB on Tuesday night, Abdolnaser Hemmati said the CBI is familiar with all legal processes in the IMF. On a ...