is office today now what mr rouhani said is that the figures the way he looks at them shows that the country is past the peak of the virus if you listen to the experts that have been going on about this for several weeks now we're about a week or 10 days too early now why would president hassan rouhani make this is a clear contradiction of the rise in the number of deaths another record setting day here in iran why might he say this well the government here knows that no matter how the virus goes at this stage and perhaps it's already out of their control they know that no matter what happens with the spread of the virus the stability of this government depends on the economy they will live in by how much economic stability they can continue to maintain and president hassan rouhani is eager to try to get things back on track in his statements yesterday he said that talks are underway with neighboring countries to resume exports of goods and cargo as normal even if passengers can't go back and forth but to reopen borders under strict health and hygiene protocols that he said would be

people have been infected with the illness and almost 1300 have died the president there her son rouhani is calling on iranians to stay united to tackle the crisis we begin our coverage with paul brennan and his report now on the warlike efforts in italy to overcome the pandemic. the head of the world health organization has called coronavirus the enemy of humanity in this intensive care unit in the italian city of baghdad it's easy to see why this footage filmed by the head doctor gives just a glimpse of the life and death struggles taking place across italy and across the world all 80 beds here occupied it's a crowded frantic overwhelming place the system is on the brink. 100 percent saturation 80 beds for your for a cuppa and can leave in a particular day and normally we identify with to bring in for you or for our case we have a very precarious and difficult balance. isolation is a cold hard necessity family members cannot visit here they cannot comfort or support covert 19 brings a solitary death. because if you perhaps one of the saddest things in epidemics the only way to say don'

making it very difficult for iran to come back to the spread of the virus president rouhani said that sanctions a forced iran to be less reliant on oil and develop its an economic infrastructure and the economic outlook has been positive now many people will see this is a difficult thing to recognize especially in such difficult financial times but he did try to strike an optimistic note and told people to look ahead and stay strong together here's some of what he said. at the end of the iranian year we encountered an uninvited and destructive not only us but more than $152.00 it's the coronavirus it could jeopardize people's health and business with unity hard work and cooperation we will put this virus behind us we will do it with the if it's. now iran's foreign minister job odds are if he's also made statements this morning he had a phone call with his counterpart from japan and he told the japanese foreign minister that the biggest problem iran is currently facing in terms of trying to fight the spread of covert 19 argue ascensions any characterize them. as u.s. economic terrorism

iran's president hassan rouhani urges the rain ians to embrace the measures to combat the virus he says they're likely to stay in place for some time but are they tough enough to stop the disease. and it's business as usual in sweden as stockholm takes a more lax approach to the spread of the global pandemic some are enjoying a continued freedom others are wondering if tougher policies are needed. thanks for joining us covert 900 pandemic could prove especially challenging for countries without advanced health care ventilators clubs face masks and hospital beds are all crucial and they're all severely lacking in gasa authorities they're worried the virus could be impossible to stop more than 2000000 people in the palestinian territory live under strict blockades from israel and egypt. it's been less than a week since the coronavirus reached gaza but already it's clear that the territory is woefully under a quit to cope with the pandemic well thirty's are doing what they can. as the municipality is organizing the cleaning and sterilising of the markets in an attempt to prevent the spread

iran's president haasan rouhani urges iranians for adapt to the measures to combat the virus because of their of likely to remain in place for some time but are they enough to stop the spread of the virus. and sports fans unveil a ruse or a rear stand out in europe still attending football matches his life in the eastern european country remains largely unchanged by the coronavirus crisis. i'm michael thanks for joining us the cove at 19 pandemic could prove extra challenging for countries without advanced health care respirators gloves face mask and hospital beds are all crucial and they are severely lacking in gaza authorities worry the virus could spread unchecked more than 2000000 people in the palestinian territory live under strict blockades from both israel and egypt. it's been less than a week since the coronavirus reached gaza who already it's clear that the territory is wonderfully under equipped to cope with the pandemic. well thirty's are doing what they can. but. what does the municipality is organizing the cleaning and sterilizing of the markets in an attempt to prevent

iran's president rouhani urges iranians to adapt to the measures to combat the virus because they're likely to remain in place for some time but are they enough to stop the spread of the virus. and business as usual in sweden and stockholm takes a more lax approach to the spread of this global pandemic some are enjoying their continued freedom others are questioning whose policies are most effective. a michael thanks so much for joining us the covert 19 pandemic could prove extra challenging for countries without advanced health care respirators gloves face masks and hospital beds are all crucial and they're severely lacking in gaza authorities worry the virus could spread unchecked more than 2000000 people in the palestinian territory live under strict blockades from both israel and egypt. it's been less than a week since the coronavirus reached gaza ready it's clear that the territory is one fully under equipped to cope with the pandemic. doing what they can. the municipality is all going izing the cleaning and stare. ally's ing of the markets in an attempt to prevent the spread of

in rouhani and in the rest of the country people are celebrating the containment they want to believe and the triumph. our let's check now some of the other stories making news around the world a barrage of rockets has hit a base housing u.s. and other coalition troops north of baghdad officials said at least 2 iraqi soldiers were wounded there is no word on responsibility so far camp taji was already the target of an attack days ago that killed 3 military personnel including 2 americans. anti-government protesters have clashed with security forces and she lays capital santiago police responded to stone throwers with water cannon since october chile has been rocked by a protest that started over a hike in public transport fares and then brought into to include calls for better pensions health care and education. bill gates has stepped down from microsoft's order of directors to focus on philanthropy gates co-founded microsoft in 1975 he was its c.e.o. until the year 2000 the billionaire plans to now spend more time on his foundation tackling issues like global health and education. we

in rouhani and in the rest of the country people are celebrating the containment they want to believe and the triumph are there's a check now of some of the other stories making headlines around the world a barrage of rockets has hit a base housing u.s. and other coalition troops north of baghdad officials said at least 2 iraqi soldiers were wounded there is no word on responsibility so far camp taji was already the target of an attack days ago that killed 3 military personnel including 2 americans. anti-government protesters have clashed with security forces and she lays capital santiago police responded to stone throwers with water cannons since october chile has been rocked by protests that started over a hike in public transport fares and broadened to include calls for better pensions health care and education. thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of algeria's capital held years to march against the country's ruling elite despite the coronavirus threat the campaign of weekly mass protests as lasted more than a year now and led to the resignation of long serving pre

in rouhani and in the rest of the country people are celebrating the containment they want to believe and the triumph a brief check now on some of the other stories making headlines at this hour a barrage of rockets has hit a base housing u.s. and other coalition troops north of baghdad officials say at least 3 coalition troops and 2 iraqi soldiers were wounded there is no word on responsibility so far camp thomas was already the target of an attack this week that killed 2 americans and one british soldier bill gates has stepped down from microsoft's board of directors to focus on philanthropy gates co-founded microsoft in 1975 he was the c.e.o. until 2000 the billionaire plans to spend more time now on his foundation tackling issues like global health and education. or climate activists have been taking aim at plastic it's made from fossil fuels and is a major source of pollution in the oceans but it's also extremely versatile it can be shaped and molded into any number of products so what could possibly replace it while scientists in finland think they may have an answer and it coul

in rouhani and in the rest of the country people are celebrating the containment they want to believe and the triumph are they quick check now of some of the stories making headlines at this hour a barrage of rockets has hit a base housing u.s. and other coalition troops north of baghdad officials say at least 3 coalition troops into iraq e soldiers were wounded there is no word yet on responsibility for the attack camp taj was already the target of an attack this week that killed 2 americans and one british soldier. bill gates has stepped down from microsoft's order of directors to focus on philanthropy gates co-founded microsoft in 1975 he was its c.e.o. in till the year 2000 the billionaire plans to now spend more time on his foundation tackling issues like global health and education. don't forget you can always get d.w. news on the go just download our app from google player from the app store and that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for breaking news and if you find yourself part of a news story you can also use tha

are already in very difficult financial condition so the government seemingly from president hassan rouhani is comments wanting to obviously combat the coronavirus but hoping to at the same time do so without making economic sacrifices by limiting people and their movements throughout cities and throughout the country something we know cannot be done but one of the comments he made was very interesting that really tells us of perhaps an internal struggle within the government he said that any decisions about putting stoppages on public transport will be made by the central government. and to iran it is not up to governors and officials and provinces and that really does give us a sense of the fact that president rouhani is in disagreement and is going against the advice of hundreds of politicians through out the country including local provincial officials and lawmakers and members of parliament here into iran that have instructed him to shut down entire cities to lock down parts of the country something he says he has been unwilling to do because the economic ramifications of that for iran

well came these were prerecorded speeches made by the supreme leader and president hassan rouhani on the occasion of the persian new year all played out for the public early in the morning they wish the country a happy new year but acknowledge that would be harder to celebrate it is a happy one acknowledging a series of hardships the country has gone through in the past many months they started by talking about the biggest elephant in the room which is the corona virus and thanks to health care services that are working hard throughout this holiday period to continue to identify and treat patients they also defended the government's response to the coronavirus something that the government has been criticized for not taking seriously enough soon enough but really what iranians will have been watching for is any comments perhaps about the u.s. sanctions that are not only in place but that have been the new sanctions that have been put into place against iran since the outbreak of the coronavirus in this country the united states started on tuesday by placing sanctions against pakistan

the same the strong he is in teheran he has more now on president rouhani as announcement. or since the beginning of this outbreak for the iranian government there have been 2 major concerns the economic health of the country keeping in mind this is a country that has been debilitated financially by american sanctions for years now and the 2nd consideration has been for the government a public that has lost patience with it a public that sees it as relatively speaking unpopular so really the president here 'd trying to strike a balance between addressing this public health crisis and maintaining the economic stability of the country going forward and maintaining the social political stability remember this is a country that has lost patience with its own government over a series of crises that the country's experienced in the last few months and this is also a president who in one of his 1st appearances since the outbreak was announced in the country came on state television spoke to the iranian people and said that in his estimation the outbreak would be over in a matter o

death toll which has now surpassed 1500 with a further 123 people dying and yet president hassan rouhani says he is considering lifting restrictions by the beginning of april iran of course one of the countries that has been worst hit by coronavirus is the team john hendren in chicago who will bring us up to date shortly with what's happening. in the united states but starting with her a challenge in trafalgar square in london rory. yes it's a much much quieter central london than usual as you would expect considering the measures that the governments of the u.k. has taken in the last 48 hours or so schools have shut down friday was the last day of any school kid or university student for the foreseeable future they don't know parents don't know when school kids and students will be going back to normal lessons to start again exams have been canceled and then also we have the government ordered to shut down gyms leisure centers restaurants cafes essentially there is nothing to go out for anymore the government is still not saying that it is going to ban or forbid people going out but it

president hassan rouhani says the country's fight against the krajina virus is being severely hampered by u.s. sanctions iran is the hardest hit country in the middle east with 611 confirmed deaths and almost 13000 infections security forces have been sent out to clear the streets all religious sites in the holy city of call where the virus was 1st detected had been closed same as robin joins us live from tehran zain how is it going getting people to stay home and not congregate. well that's really been the struggle for this government ever since the outbreak began here in iran it's getting the public on board getting the public to cooperate with much of the guidance coming from the health ministry about social distancing now what has happened today is that the interior ministry has ordered that the city of home shut down 2 very important shrines actually a shrine as well as a mosque now these are major attractions for people thousands of people visit this these sites on a daily basis and now the order is to close them down but it has to be said in that order it said that they will be

moving to iran now the president hassan rouhani says the country's fight against the coronavirus is being severely hampered by u.s. sanctions iran is the hardest hit country in the middle east with over $600.00 confirmed deaths and 13000 infections china said it would step up cooperation with iran in a bid to help deal with the virus security forces have been sent to clear the streets many iranians though continue to ignore government calls to stay at interior ministry is now ordered the closure of all religious sites in the holy city of form where the virus was 1st detected. joins us live from iran's capital tehran so iranians were given 24 hours to get off the streets as attempts continue to try and stop the spread of the virus but they don't seem to be listening to that. that's exactly right now we're talking about is a direct command by the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei just a couple of days ago just a day ago to the chief of the armed forces major general mohamad the issue there was that he wanted the military to step in and take control of the situation control crowds and tr

continues to be the main epicenter for the virus here in the country despite that president hassan rouhani government says that it cannot and will not lock down the capital that there will be no quarantine in any reports of that are simply rumors and they are not true it's really a struggle to balance the economic health of the country with trying to manage this public health crisis but they did say that the next phase of their reaction to trying to combat the virus will be to start having temperature screening at the city limits of the capital to try to control the passengers that are coming in and out to try to make sure nobody has symptoms and isn't carrying the disease but can the virus continues to spread the numbers continue to go up and the government seems unable to really get a grip on trying to control these figures but we also heard from the counter coronavirus task force set up by president hassan rouhani here in the capitol earlier today was a little bit of new and perhaps disturbing information if this is not an anomaly it could be a source of real concern for a wider. group

running president hassan rouhani says the country's fight against the current virus is being severely hampered by u.s. sanctions iran is the hardest hit country in the middle east with $611.00 confirmed deaths and almost $13000.00 infections security forces have been sent out to clear the streets all religious sites in the holy city of cole where the virus was 1st detected have been closed same as robbie is in tehran he says mistrust of the government has also hampered efforts to contain the virus. ever since the outbreak began here iran is getting the public on board getting the public to cooperate with much of the guidance coming from the health ministry about social distancing now what has happened today is that the interior ministry has ordered that the city of qom shut down 2 very important shrines actually a shrine as well as a mosque now these are major attractions for people thousands of people visit this these sites on a daily basis and now the order is to close them down but it has to be said in that order it said that they will be closed soon and earlier this evening these

rouhani i found rouhani of iran they've confirmed on more than one occasion their support to syria's territorial integrity and also to syria's sovereignty i'm not sure whether it's being reported in turkish media but israel has been bombing syria and some commentators have said it's in step with turkish offensives in syria what do the turkish people think as they see could be seen as defacto alliance between the one and israel actually. israel is the targets are more iranian. hezbollah targets. and. israelis do not normally target the genuinely national syrian targets they try to avoid it they want to give the message to. syria that they don't have any problem with syria but their problem is iran but it looks from the outside like the ones turkey is now an ally of netanya i was israel. i can hardly believe that because dan has a lot of problems with israel and his rate is often often say it. you do think it was a mistake to take the disproportionate number of refugees from the civil war into turkey 3600000 do you think he is wise the other one to now threaten the european union who h

the country earlier today we also heard from the coronavirus task force set up by president hassan rouhani in the early days of this outbreak that the numbers continue to go up and to how wrong remains the new at the center for the virus in iran however the government again saying that it will not quarantine the capital and that it will not stop the flow of traffic control the flow of people it will not be able to lock down the capital really this is about balancing economic health. with this public health crisis now we did hear for a during that briefing that they will carry out temperature checks they will carry out temperature screening for passengers in cars outside city limits here in the capitol to try to make sure people who are coming and going aren't showing symptoms for the coronavirus another thing we heard from this health official at the coronavirus task force is something relatively unusual younger people are among those that are dying 15 percent 15 percent of the people that have been killed by the coronavirus in iran are around the age of 40 so an illness that was affecting

ability to react to this public health crisis on a national scale we also heard from president hassan rouhani who via video conference chaired the counter carona headquarters the meeting the weekly meeting for the task force that he started at the beginning of this crisis and he said the main requirements right now is for people to remain calm and to increase public participation in the government's health care advice and guidance on limiting movements to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus really it's been a massive problem since the beginning and that is simply because many. well here say they can't close their shops they can't limit their movements they have to go to their offices to continue to try to make money to pay rent and president rouhani also said that no other country would have been able to do what iran has done under the circumstances that it is facing a south african aircraft carrying more than 120 people evacuated from war han in china has landed back home the group has been stranded in the chinese city since the corona virus outbreak began around a serious from the mi

has been slowing from a high of $500.00 per day in early march in china some shops in the city of rouhani have been allowed to reopen with no new cases of the virus reported 3 days north korea has fired 2 missiles into the sea off the coast of the korean peninsula that's according to south korea's military it follows 2 launches earlier this month the u.s. and china have appealed to north korea to return to talks on ending its nuclear and missile programs almost 30 security personnel have been killed as an afghan military base was stormed in the south the government blames the attack in zabul province on the taliban group signed a peace deal with the u.s. last month as part of the agreement the taliban was supposed to begin talks with afghan that is about reducing violence but the process stalled after a disagreement about the release of prisoners. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after one o one east stay with us. on the counting the cost counting it's a leak over the coronavirus com demick without a bailout $14000000.00 auto workers in europe has been told to

president rouhani is government has taken criticism over and over again from across the political spectrum and most recently earlier this afternoon 100 members of parliament sent him a letter saying that he should take direct control away from the health ministry into his own hands to try to combat the spread of covert 19 in iran there is a real loss of trust in the government's ability to take this on alone last night we saw that the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei issued a command to the chief of the armed forces major general mohammad the battery now he will lead a parallel task force with a much more military slant after their 1st meeting on friday morning mr battery took to the airwaves of the state news machine and told the public some of what they intended on doing and most importantly within 24 hours the plan is that the military will begin to crowd control to try to stem the flow of large populations gathering at bazaars at supermarkets that shopping malls basically population denson vironment. lots more still to come here on al-jazeera we continue our coverage of the corona vir

well later in this speech and the speech of president hassan rouhani come of course on no rose on the eve of no rose the persian new year we saw fresh u.s. sanctions fresh iran related u.s. sanctions this time targeting 5 entities based in the united arab emirates for helping iran to sell its oil that's the allegation so really iranians and everyone else watching is likely well we're like people were likely looking at these speeches to see if there was any reaction to what had happened and certainly sanctions were on the top of the list but we have to remember that on tuesday just earlier this week was another round of sanctions this time targeting iran's nuclear related activities targeting 5 iranian nuclear scientists as well as several entities in pakistan russia china and the united arab emirates and really the united states is sending a message that whether or not we can sanction iran directly will go after people that are too cozy with iran 3rd parties and things of that nature and certainly each one of these countries that was hit by sanctions on tuesday and again late yesterda

officials politicians doctors and clerics have contracted the disease the iranian president hassan rouhani says u.s. sanctions a severely impact on the country's ability to stop the crying virus same to strive he joins us live now from iran said capital tehran and it's interesting that many of the patients and many of those suffering from chronic virus have been younger people there and so in that's even though a significant portion of iran's population is under the age of 30 it's interesting because it it's supposed to be something that mainly affects the elderly and the vulnerable that's exactly right the statements in the briefings that come from the health ministry from the coronavirus task force set up by president hassan rouhani have become fairly routine weeks into this outbreak here in iran but there was a highlight today that certainly will have many younger people sitting up and taking notice the health official with the task force said that 15 percent of those that have died so far in iran are categorized as younger patients and he said that they exhibited no signs of previous r

more than 120 south africans just repatriated from rouhani have been moved into quarantine in the northern limpopo province they were working and studying in the chinese city when it went into lockdown 2 months ago officials say none of the rhetoric returning is how the virus and insists the $21.00 day quarantine is a precautionary measure but many residents in the pople have accuse the government of putting the area at risk of infection south africa has recorded 38 cases of the coronavirus and no deaths we're hearing that the u.s. is set to add britain and ireland to its 30 day ban on travelers from europe which has now come into effect donald trump announced the sweeping restrictions in an effort to stop the spread of the virus that's our rush of people trying to fly into america before the ban came into place at midnight on friday the u.s. has nearly 2000 confirmed cases of corona virus and 43 people have died let's get an update from mike hanna he's joining us from washington d.c. mike what more are you learning about this expanded travel ban that could possibly now include the u.k. .

government is unable to get control of the spread of this virus in the last week president hassan rouhani has taken a great deal of criticism for not taking a more active role for not being able to get a handle on this and really it's the public that has not largely been cooperating with a lot of the government guidance that's been the criticism from the health ministry well late last night supreme leader ayatollah of the coming day announce the formation of a new task force that will work in tandem with the one that president hassan rouhani began at the start of this crisis this new task force will be headed by the chief of the armed forces not the revolutionary guard but the traditional military the army major general mohammad but harry now the idea behind this is that the supreme leader wants the military to take a more active role in trying to suppress the spread of this virus and during a lot interview with state t.v. this morning after the 1st meeting of this new task force major general buttery announce that in the next 24 hours the military will be trying to assert itself to creat

politicians doctors and clerics have all contracted the disease and the iranian president hassan rouhani says u.s. sanctions are severely impacting the country's ability to stop coronavirus we'll get an update from same bus ravi he's joining us from the iranian capital tehran and the same question surrounding the government's transparency in reporting the extent of the epidemic and its actual ability to contain the virus what are you hearing. well iran's government has said over and over again that part of the reason it is struggling to stop the spread of the virus throughout the country is because it doesn't have enough money to throw at the problem and that they say is because of u.s. sanctions unilateral and illegal u.s. sanctions that they say are hampering efforts now and are having a compound in effect at this time when the country is going through a public health crisis 2 days ago if the foreign minister of the country sent a letter to the united nations imploring them to step in and press the united states to remove sanctions yesterday president hassan rouhani in an open letter p

industries such as the cement and steel industries are also starting to go back to work the subway in rouhani is also resuming and inbound trains to the city of will have also resumed and that's after days of very few locally transmitted cases on monday reported $31.00 new cases and only one of those was a locally transmitted cases with 30 of those being people who brought the infections from overseas now china has really focused on these imported cases on the weekend it banned foreigners from entering china it kept international flights in an effort to stem those overseas infections coming into the country but there still is a lot of skepticism about the transparency of the accuracy of these numbers on sunday president xi jinping visit a judge on province which is a big manufacturing hub here in china and his message was really checking on working resumption he wants to get the economy going again after true months of being at a standstill and that means officials all around the country are under tremendous pressure to resume normal life to get things going again and that's why there are a l

asked the international monetary fund for $5000000000.00 in emergency funding and president hassan rouhani has offered low interest loans and cash handouts to try to ease the financial burden on millions of households 0 same bus driver reports now from tehran that the government wants young people especially to take the risk of infection seriously. the statements in the briefings that come from the health ministry from the coronavirus task force set up by president hassan rouhani have become fairly routine weeks into this outbreak here in iran but there was a highlight today that certainly will have many younger people sitting up and taking notice the health official with the task force said that 15 percent of those that have died so far in iran are categorized as younger patients and he said that they exhibited no signs of previous respiratory conditions or any other illnesses so certainly this could be an anomaly we don't have any verification for whether or not this is the case but this official suggested he's not the 1st one to do so that the virus in iran is quote deadlier and wilder

council chief along with iranian president hassan rouhani and rouhani made a call that a trilateral summit between turkey iran and syria must be hard to sort out the of the. problem and we will be hearing a statement from the turkish defense ministry explaining the balance let's say or the outcome of last night's attacks and we are waiting for the statement and the turkish comment level including the defense minister are now in hot side of the border town by syria. the defense minister and the comment level are trying to check out on the operation operation room how they're handling the operation because it's not only to drones us not only the ground offensive by the syrian opposition forces backed by the turks but also it is the whole it's theirs and other things that are fired from inside turkey and plus the planes the 8 planes the jets the target the syrian government forces inside. thank for that that sit in question although there life from. those people flee the fighting turkey's president says borders will remain open for syrian refugees and migrants looking to start new lives in eu

the question to you is, will you push for something like the rouhani rule? sitting there as a board member, or do you even know what the roomy rule is? have you heard of it? >> i do. >> so you know the rouhani rule, i have a piece of legislation thanks to the chairwoman called the baby rule that was passed. will you participate in doing that? >> i can certainly have the conversation and be in support of but it is the boards decision. >> how many people of color and are diverse on the board? >> 30% are women and 20% are diverse. >> sorry my time is up and i yield back. >> thank you very much, before we adjourn the hearing. i yield four minutes to the gentleman from north carolina. >> thank you for your testimony today. first i think we have to say that you've outlined an aggressive plan for the institutions. you will be held accountable by year regulators, by your board. you will be held accountable by your shareholders. you will certainly be held accountable by those who make the law here on capitol hill and have oversight over those regulators. what's clear

senior officials politicians doctors and clerics have contracted the disease iranian president hassan rouhani says u.s. sanctions are severely impacting the country's ability to stop the coronavirus was amos ravi joins us live from the capital tehran and of course iran was suffering from an economic crisis before that the outbreak of corona how much more pressure a people feeling now. well certainly the sanctions of for many many months had a compound in fact even before this outbreak and really the cracks are beginning to show because the public health care sector is under a great deal of strain and iran simply doesn't have any extra money to throw at the problem so a great deal of pressure and the pressure could be getting worse tragically today yet another record setting day with the death toll spiking the number of cases spiking and remains the epicenter of the problem here in the country that are on provinces was the cop the capital city to ron this is where the bulk of the cases are but the government continues to say despite the fact that we were expecting the military to enforce contr

the iranian president hassan rouhani says the country's fight against the coronavirus is being severely hampered by u.s. sanctions iran. as the hardest hit country in the middle east with 611 confirmed deaths and almost 13000 infections earlier china said it would step up cooperation with iran and a bit to help dealing with the virus security forces have been sent out to clear the streets many iranians though are continuing to ignore government calls to stay at home and the interior ministry has now ordered the closure of all religious sites in the holy city of rome where the virus was 1st detected. has an update from . well many political and military leaders have continued to say that the biggest problem they're facing in terms of combating the coronavirus is the unilateral u.s. sanctions that iranians say is illegal if you think about iran it's one of the largest oil producing countries in the world if it had been for years able to sell its oil freely on the open market it would have had a large financial buffer to be able to throw money at this problem but the fact is that's not the

so what's been their reaction to the discord over the us what we've seen is that president hassan rouhani constantly trying to maintain a business as usual footing in his public appearances in. public statement he was inaugurating a major highway between to iran and another city on the outskirts of the province called carriage and at that are not the reason he addressed some of what happened last night let me read to you some of what he said he said this new year it's the persian new year in just a few days he said this new year our bodies may not be close to the shrines due to health observations but our souls are closer than ever and these tough days will end eventually with the help of the people it will and so certainly trying to draw a fine line under the fact that these practical steps that have to be taken may not be ideal but spiritually it does not cost the people of iran anything that's really the message we're getting from president hassan rouhani at the moment thank you for that in tehran force. i think ahead on al-jazeera more now people in cheney are trying to avoid catching

to corona virus was 1st identified in the chinese city rouhani in the meantime it has become a threat to all of humanity. an epidemic that's threatening the globe cool's for a global response. the new coronavirus 1st emerged in the city of will hand but the efforts to combat the virus go far beyond china. researches all over the globe are racing to contain it. the children of chinese scientists published the genetic code of the virus in early january enabling scientists around the world to start working on it. at hong kong university pathologists have grown in the new coronavirus and human tissue to find out more about its properties one of the basic. things which people. to know about this farce is the firstly what is the pacing or especially fact or the human body in which the boss is replication and the 2nd is what sort of damage is it causing to the body and then also to see how the body reacts to this virus damage. the ultimate goal in the fight against any virus is to find a vaccine multiple teams around the world already searching for the magic bullet that can be used to immuni