Iran warns of economic fallout from coronavirus as ‘low-risk’ shops reopen
As its death toll from the coronavirus hits 4,585, Iran — desperate to get the economy going — allows an assortment of shops to reopen and lifts its ban on travel between provinces.
Iran must fight both COVID-19 and economic sanctions, a government spokesman said Monday, as the country moved to reopen businesses struggling in the coronavirus-battered economy.
The government is concerned over both "the health and lives of the population from the coronavirus and its economic and social consequences,” government spokesman Ali Rabiei said during a televised news conference.
