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IRICA: 23mn face mask received from China

reporter 1222 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 10:18:11 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) revealed China’s first entry of mask face consignment to the Islamic Republic of Iran on Tuesday.

China’s first package of face masks and thermometers entered into the country via Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA), according to IRICA.

Accordingly, 23 million masks include 20 million three-layer masks, three million N95 face masks, 10,000 thermometers and two millions of protective medical guns.

Earlier, In a letter penned to a number of world leaders on Sat., Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that confronting the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, requires coordinated regional and international actions.

He emphasized the need for all countries’ participation and efforts to counter the outbreak of coronavirus.

“No country can manage this huge, dangerous crisis alone, let alone if it has many difficulties accessing international financial markets and supplying its needed goods,” Rouhani stressed.

Rouhani referred to the spread of coronavirus and its turning into a global pandemic, and added, “this virus does not know any borders and chooses its victims without any political, religious, ethnic and racial considerations.”

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IRGC Seizes Stockpile of Medical Goods South of Tehran

reporter 1222 — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 16:46:50 +0000

IRGC Seizes Stockpile of Medical Goods South of Tehran

According To Iran News,The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ (IRGC) forces discovered a big hoard of medical supplies and disinfectants in southern Tehran.

The IRGC Intelligence Organization said on Saturday that its forces have discovered a large storehouse in southern Tehran filled with medical goods and disinfectants.

In the depot, located in Hassan Abad region, the hoarders had stored more than 100,000 various types of medical masks, a large amount of hospital gowns, medical eyewear, and some 4,000 liters of disinfectants, the IRGC said.

The individuals arrested in the operation have been handed to the Judiciary for legal procedures.

Demand for medical supplies and health products has grown in Iran in recent weeks following the outbreak of coronavirus.

Iran’s Judiciary Chief Hojatoleslam Ebrahim Raeisi has ordered severe punishment for hoarding pharmaceutical and health products as Iranian organizations and government bodies are heavily engaged in efforts to contain COVID-19 outbreak.

The health of people would never be up for bargain, Raeisi has said, noting that hoarding medical commodities in the current circumstances is playing with the lives of people and could not be forgiven by any means.

Last week, 10 individuals charged with hoarding health supplies and disrupting Iran’s economy stood trial.

Despite the urgent need for sanitary products in the country, the defendants intended to smuggle 2,600,000 masks to China.

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Medical Supplies to Be Released in Iran South Ports

reporter 1222 — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:24:42 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – An Iranian official said a large consignment of medical supplies, including 20 tons of respiratory masks, is going to be released from the Shahid Rajaee Customs Terminal south of Iran, as the demand for equipment for the coronavirus fight is growing in the country.

In an interview with Tasnim, supervisor of the customs offices in Iran’s southern province of Hormozgan said the consignment that is going to go through customs includes 20 tons of masks, 71 tons of gloves, and 65 tons of disinfectants.

Abolfazl Akbarpoor also noted that the data on the medical supplies, their owners and the destination stores are available to the Customs Office and the supervisory organizations, warning that the importers will be brought to justice if they seek to hoard the goods.

He also noted that the Customs Office has already blocked the export of two containers of medical gloves weighing around 22 tons.

A couple of days ago, 10 individuals charged with hoarding health supplies and disrupting Iran’s economy stood trial as these products are scarce in the country due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus, known as COVID-19.

Despite the urgent need for sanitary products in the country, the defendants intended to smuggle 2,600,000 masks to China.

Last week, Iran’s Judiciary Chief Hojatoleslam Ebrahim Raeisi ordered severe punishment for hoarding pharmaceutical and health products as Iranian organizations and government bodies are heavily engaged in efforts to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak.

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