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 |David Lawder, Andrea Shalal: U.S. opposition to opening new avenues of funding for Iran and China is preventing the International Monetary Fund from deploying a powerful tool to help countries fight the economic impact of the coronavirus, according to two sources familiar with the matter. A massive IMF liquidity injection through issuance ...

MNA A spokesperson in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that talks are underway in the international body on giving Iran the requested $5 billion to fight the coronavirus outbreak. We have had some talks with Iranian officials to better understand their request for using emergency funds against coronavirus, the spokesperson told IRNA on ...

Reuters - Iran has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for emergency funding to help it fight the coronavirus outbreak, which has hit the Islamic Republic hard, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a tweet on Thursday. The IMF managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, has stated that countries affected by #COVID19 will be supported ...

The European Union has lambasted Israeli forces for confronting a group of European diplomats in the occupied West Bank. On Saturday, EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton and EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva issued a statement, telling the Israeli regime to explain why its troops confiscated humanitarian aid from a group of ...