UPDATED: Coronavirus Resurges in Iran
Iranian women in Tehran, October 4, 2020 (Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
UPDATE, APRIL 3: Coronavirus cases continue to surge in Iran, as President Hassan Rouhani replaces his assurances with concern.
Daily cases rose on Friday to 11,660, closing on the all-time high of 14,051 on November 26. There were 117 deaths, the highest daily toll since 128 on December 31.
Rouhani told the National Coronavirus Task Force on Saturday, “Unfortunately, the fourth wave of the disease has started in two provinces in the country, and if we do not observe health protocols, this wave will enter other provinces as well.” . The President told the Task Force in last Saturday’s meeting, “I think the peak of this disease is over.”
The European Union has announced a Friday meeting between Iran and remaining 5+1 Powers (UK, France, China, Germany, and Russia) in the 2015 nuclear deal.
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UPDATE, 1430 GMT: The Biden Administration is maintaining the line that indirect discussions with Iran are ongoing.
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan also hinted that the Administration is now proposing a sequenced process, rather than the conditions that the Iranians move first with compliance with the provisions of the nuclear deal.
Diplomacy with Iran is ongoing, just not in a direct fashion at the moment. There are communications through the Europeans and through others that enable us to explain to the Iranians what our position is, with respect to the compliance-for-compliance approach.
UPDATE, 1105 GMT: An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has reinforced the message in Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s letter.