Over $6.4mn allocated for Iranians losses due to COVID-19

reporter 1222 — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 10:51:15 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri announced on Wednesday that the government has granted over one trillion rials (more than $6.41 million) to Iranians to compensate for losses incurred by COVID-19.

Making the remarks in a parliament session, Jahangiri said that “with the issued permit by Ayatollah Khamenei, allowing withdrawal of one billion euros from National Development Fund Of Iran (NDFI) to combat the coronavirus in the country, a large volume of the economic difficulties will be removed.”

“Under the COVID-19 outbreak, the government is to pay 23 million to Iranians for their losses. These families are the ones who have been included in the cash subsidies scheme of the government, about ten million rials (about $60.6),” he said. “The families will return the subsidy in two years.”

As he explained, the government also plans to pay some subsidies to private sector economic firms who have been hit by the outbreak.

Jahangiri had earlier vowed that the government will provide all its amenities and facilities required for combating coronavirus in the country.

In his remarks on the same day, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the Iranian nation has proved their endurance in the past difficulties and will definitely overcome the current challenges with reliance on their own capabilities and with the help of the friendly countries.

Over 62,000 people have so far been infected with the new coronavirus in Iran, and the death toll has neared to 4,000.

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President Rouhani Orders Support for Iranian Businesses

reporter 1222 — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 07:38:53 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani earmarked 750 trillion rials in financial aid for the businesses keeping their employees amid the outbreak of the coronavirus.

In a decree on Friday, President Rouhani ordered Minister of Cooperative, Labor, and Welfare Mohammad Shariatmadari to allocate a sum of 750,000 billion rials in credit to the enterprises and businesses that guarantee they will not expel their workers amid the implementation of plans to contain the coronavirus epidemic in the country.

The president also called on the minister to carry out a careful inspection to make sure that all health protocols are being fully observed in the housing facilities for disabled veterans and retirement homes.

Rouhani also held a telephone conversation with Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami, urging him to carry out a detailed evaluation of the status of the country’s airports, train stations, and bus terminals and offer proposals for handling the situation considering a remarkable drop in the travels after enforcing the restrictions for controlling COVID-19.

On Tuesday, Rouhani extended social distancing measures until April 8 to help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus across the country.

He has repeatedly called on Iranians to stay indoors, noting that social-distancing and self-quarantining have helped the country’s health authorities make major breakthroughs in their battle against the viral infection.

The disease has so far killed 3,294 people and infected over 53,000 others in Iran. Nearly 18,000 people have also recovered.

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