EghtesadOnline: Iran government has extended 1.99 trillion rials ($13 million) worth of financial assistance to Mazandaran for losses caused by last month’s floods in the northern Iranian province.

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: Underprivileged provinces will receive bigger shares from the government’s fresh cash subsidy as compensation for the recent hike in gasoline prices, known as the Livelihood Assistance Program.