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Hospitals in Iran are also reporting an increase in heart attacks and brain haemorrhages suffered by people recorded as recovered from the disease, according to Tehran doctors who spoke with ​bne IntelliNews​ on June 24.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a limited cabinet meeting on June 25: "We are entering another phase of the battle with corona[virus], which has forced the use of masks, and besides developing the instructions for the areas and places where the use of masks is required, measures should be taken to prepare masks."
"Although we have witnessed the re-emergence of the disease and an increase in the number of patients and deaths in some cities in the last two weeks, the indication is of a decrease in the disease's prevalence in the country,” he also said, adding: “Apart from the tireless efforts of the country's health sector, the cultural measures taken and adaptations made to people's lives have been effective in combatting the spread of the disease and have improved conditions and deserve appreciation."
Iran has been hit by the virus harder than any other country in the Middle East, although there is considerable doubt as to whether the official COVID-19 infection and death totals given out by neighbour Turkey provide a reliable picture of the reality of the Turkish outbreak.
2.3​ ​Britain, France, Germany ‘won’t back US plan for snapback of all UN sanctions on Iran’
Britain, France and Germany said on June 19 that they would not support an attempt by the US to unilaterally trigger the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran. ​However, they added that they proposed to enter into talks with Tehran over its ongoing violations of the nuclear deal.
Under Iran’s deal with six world powers (formally the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA) to introduce verified restrictions on the Iranian nuclear development programme in return for the lifting of sanctions, a UN embargo on arms sales to the Islamic Republic is due to expire in October. The US, which exited the nuclear deal in May 2018 demanding a tougher agreement be struck in its place, has insisted that the embargo is extended. Washington said it would trigger the snapback of all UN sanctions on Iran, using a process outlined in the nuclear deal, if the extension is not introduced. However, JCPOA signatory Russia and the EU have said that that is not possible as the US is no longer signed up to the deal.
“We firmly believe that any unilateral attempt to trigger UN sanctions snapback would have serious adverse consequences in the UN Security Council,” the foreign ministers of the three European countries (E3) said in a statement.
“We would not support such a decision, which would be incompatible with our current efforts to preserve the JCPOA,” they said after discussing Iran in Berlin.
European diplomats are working on a compromise, but it is very uncertain that they will be able to meet the demands of US, as well as Russia and China, another JCPOA signatory.
7​ IRAN Country Report July 2020 www.intellinews.com