Hassan Rouhani
“People must recognize that there is no clear end date to this epidemic,” he says • Iranian Finance Minister: GDP down 15 percent due to the health crisis.
To minimize the risk of spreading COVID-19, Iranians marking the annual anti-Israel event in the capital can chant slogans and wave flags from their vehicles, says Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
Separately, the Iranian rial—now toman—hit its lowest rate against the dollar since 2018 as U.S. sanctions have damaged the economy. A dollar was being traded for as much as 170,000 rials.
Unknown gunmen killed three members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the border area in a Kurdish region in Western Iran.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatens European troops after France, Britain and Germany trigger the dispute resolution mechanism of 2015 nuclear deal, a move that could lead to sanctions.
“Whenever the U.S. lifts the unfair sanctions, the heads of 5+1 nations can immediately meet, and we have no problem” with that, he said. “But we have not closed the window on talks.”
New field increases Iran’s proven reserves by more than a third, says Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and is “a small gift by the government to the people of Iran.”
As part of the agreement, Iran would have committed to upholding the 2015 nuclear deal, resuming long-term talks about its nuclear program and ceasing “any aggression” in the Middle East.
“We shall not tolerate the provocative intervention of foreigners,” said the Iranian president. “We shall respond decisively to any transgression to and violation of our security and territorial integrity.”
The president of the nation that’s known as the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, said, “Today, America, unfortunately, is the supporter of terrorism in our region—and wherever America has gone, terrorism has expanded in the wake.”
“Today, America, unfortunately, is the supporter of terrorism in our region,” says Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in New York.
The U.S. president is expected to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ahead of the U.N. General Assembly session on Tuesday, following 48 hours of protests in Egypt.
