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IMF wamesema bado wanashauriana kuhusu hili ombi ila US ambaye ndiye mshirika mkubwa amesema Iran waachwe kwanza waendelee kuchezea kipodo cha Corona huko huko, watalifikiria baadaye.
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Iran has urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to approve a $5bn (£4bn) emergency loan to help fight the coronavirus, as its death toll neared 4,000.
President Hassan Rouhani warned that “there should be no discrimination” in approving requests.
The US reportedly opposes the loan, with officials saying Iran has sufficient funds at its disposal.
Mr Rouhani called the pressure campaign a “historic disgrace”.
President Donald Trump reinstated the US sanctions in 2018 in an attempt to force Iran’s leaders to renegotiate a nuclear deal with world powers, but they have so far refused.
Iran has been the country in the Middle East worst hit by Covid-19 virus, which has infected more than 1.4 million worldwide and claimed 82,000 lives.
On Wednesday, Iran’s health ministry reported the number of people who had tested positive in the country had increased by 1,997 to 64,586, and the death toll had risen by 121 and now stood at 3,993.
The ministry initially announced 67,286 cases and 4,003 deaths, but later revised down the figures.
Last month, the Central Bank of Iran requested a $5bn loan from the IMF’s Rapid Financing Initiative, an emergency programme set up to help countries faced with sudden shocks such as natural disasters.
The IMF has said it is in talks with officials in Iran to determine its eligibility for the loan.
However, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that the US - the IMF’s largest shareholder - planned to block the request.
It cited senior Trump administration officials as saying that Iran’s government had billions of dollars in bank accounts still at its disposal, and that the loan might be used to help its economy rather than on combating Covid-19 or fund terrorist operations.
At a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, President Rouhani said ran expected international organisations to “act on their legally binding duties” at a time of crisis.
“We are a member of the International Monetary Fund,” he said. “We made a request for loan from them and if they exercise discrimination between Iran and other countries, it is clear that neither we, nor global public opinion will tolerate that,” he added.
Iran appeals for loan as virus deaths near 4,000
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Iran has urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to approve a $5bn (£4bn) emergency loan to help fight the coronavirus, as its death toll neared 4,000.
President Hassan Rouhani warned that “there should be no discrimination” in approving requests.
The US reportedly opposes the loan, with officials saying Iran has sufficient funds at its disposal.
Mr Rouhani called the pressure campaign a “historic disgrace”.
President Donald Trump reinstated the US sanctions in 2018 in an attempt to force Iran’s leaders to renegotiate a nuclear deal with world powers, but they have so far refused.
Iran has been the country in the Middle East worst hit by Covid-19 virus, which has infected more than 1.4 million worldwide and claimed 82,000 lives.
On Wednesday, Iran’s health ministry reported the number of people who had tested positive in the country had increased by 1,997 to 64,586, and the death toll had risen by 121 and now stood at 3,993.
The ministry initially announced 67,286 cases and 4,003 deaths, but later revised down the figures.
Last month, the Central Bank of Iran requested a $5bn loan from the IMF’s Rapid Financing Initiative, an emergency programme set up to help countries faced with sudden shocks such as natural disasters.
The IMF has said it is in talks with officials in Iran to determine its eligibility for the loan.
However, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that the US - the IMF’s largest shareholder - planned to block the request.
It cited senior Trump administration officials as saying that Iran’s government had billions of dollars in bank accounts still at its disposal, and that the loan might be used to help its economy rather than on combating Covid-19 or fund terrorist operations.
At a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, President Rouhani said ran expected international organisations to “act on their legally binding duties” at a time of crisis.
“We are a member of the International Monetary Fund,” he said. “We made a request for loan from them and if they exercise discrimination between Iran and other countries, it is clear that neither we, nor global public opinion will tolerate that,” he added.
Iran appeals for loan as virus deaths near 4,000
