Iran said on Saturday that it cannot afford to shut down its sanctions-hit economy, even as the country's novel coronavirus outbreak worsens with record-high
Iran must continue"economic, social and cultural activities while observing health protocols", President Hassan Rouhani said during a televised virus taskforce meeting. "The simplest solution is to close down all activities, the next day, people would come out to protest the chaos, hunger, hardship and pressure," he added.
Iran's daily COVID-19 death toll has topped 100 since around mid-June, with a record single-day tally of 221 reported on Thursday. Lari also raised the country's caseload to 255,117, with 2,397 new infections recorded. Iran has suffered a sharp economic downturn after US President Donald Trump withdrew from a landmark nuclear agreement in 2018 and reimposed crippling sanctions. The International Monetary Fund predicts Iran's economy will shrink by six percent this year."It is not possible to keep businesses and economic activities shut down in the long-term," Rouhani said, emphasising that"the people will not accept this".
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