Tishwash: Urgent critical meeting is now taking place in the presidential palace
3/17/2020
Is now a meeting is crucial in the presidential palace, where he confirmed a source from within the presidency to the arrival of the Speaker of Parliament Mohammed Halbusi to meet with President of the Republic , Barham Salih , with the likely assignment in the coming hours , Adnan Zurfi,
Said the source to the influx of a number of heads of the blocks to the meeting that occurs Meanwhile, to discuss the assignment of Zarfi to the post
The source indicated that the commissioning had been done officially and would be announced tomorrow morning, Tuesday. Link
Tishwash: The collapse of the Iranian currency, with the largest daily death rate recorded
The Iranian currency recorded a new collapse, on Monday, with the approach of the new Iranian year which begins next Friday, according to what the website “Bazar”, which specializes in economic and financial affairs, said.
The site stated that “the dollar approached 160 thousand Iranian riyals,” adding that “one dollar in some exchange centers amounted to 156,500 Iranian riyals,” noting that “some centers sold the dollar worth 159 thousand Iranian riyals, and that the value of the euro amounted to 173500 riyals Iranian.
For his part, the head of the Iranian Central Bank, Nasser al-Hamti, commented on the collapse of the currency against foreign currencies, saying that “given the spread of the Corona virus, there is no demand for foreign currencies in the exchange market.”
On the 15th of last February, that is, four days before the detection of the Corona virus in Qom province, in central Iran, the value of the US dollar reached 140,000 riyals, and this value remained almost stable even after Iran was put on the blacklist late last February. , By the International Financial Action Task Force on Anti-Money Laundering known as “FATF”.
Today, Monday, the Iranian Ministry of Health recorded 129 new deaths from the emerging coronavirus, and 1053 new cases.
This is the largest daily increase in the number of deaths in the country since the outbreak began.
Consequently, the number of deaths due to the virus in Iran during the past 24 hours increased from 724 to 853 cases.
While the overall number of HIV infections increased, during the past day, by 1053 cases, reaching 14991 points. link