EghtesadOnline: About 1.3 million foreign nationals are currently employed in Iran, only 300,000 of whom have work permits and the remaining 1 million are working illegally, according to the caretaker of Employment and Entrepreneurship Affairs Department of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare.

EghtesadOnline: To help break the coronavirus transmission chain, the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare will automatically extend the work permits of foreign nationals in Iran.

EghtesadOnline: India has suspended all visas granted to foreign nationals of Italy, Iran, South Korea and Japan in the wake of three people, including a tourist, testing positive for COVID-19.