EghtesadOnline: Rescue packages introduced in the US and European countries following the coronavirus outbreak are designed to make compliance with social-distancing order possible for people and business-owners instead of providing compensation for those hit by the pandemic, a former senior aide to President Hassan Rouhani says.

EghtesadOnline: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on state officials and the public to develop relief plans to help alleviate the plight of those who have been financially hit as a consequence of the new coronavirus pandemic.