Iran rallies to produce crucial supplies as US retains sanctions despite coronavirus
(WorldNews Iran)

Iran will increase the production of protective masks for coronavirus relief to 4 million per day by the end of this month, Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Reza Rahmani says. Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, Iran had an overall capacity to manufacture 700,000 masks per day, the minister said, adding Iran`s production of sanitizers has also risen eight-fold. Iran is the worse-hit country in the Middle East amid a draconian sanctions regime which the United States has been tightening since the virus outbreak. That means Iran has to rely on its own resources to cope with the crisis, so it does. Since its outbreak, the coronavirus has united and mobilized the country to help bring the...