Russia has blasted the US for preventing the International Monetary Fund from granting loans to Iran and Syria amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Nasrallah condemns Germany’s ban on Hezbollah as submission to Israel and the US pressure.

The EU’s top diplomat says the US rejected the bloc's call to allow economic aid to reach Iran amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Iran’s says the International Monetary Fund should approve its request for a loan without delay amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

The IMF says Asia’s economic growth will come to a halt in 2020 for the first time in 60 years amid the coronavirus pandemic.

An IMF official says every member of the organization, including Iran, has a right to emergency funding.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday said donor aid, including debt relief, was crucial for vulnerable African countries facing an unparalleled threat from the coronavirus pandemic.

The Iranian economy is expected to shrink by 6 percent after the pandemic, the IMF predicts.

The International Monetary Fund has warned that the global economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression in 1930s.

The Iranian administration says the US cannot treat the world’s countries and institutions as its property, commenting on its apparent efforts at blocking a Tehran-requested loan.