EghtesadOnline: Field reports show facemasks from China are being smuggled into Iran via ports of entry such as Bandar Genaveh in the southern province of Bushehr and sold on social media like Telegram channels, a member of the oversight board of guild organizations said in a letter to Industries Minister Alireza Razm-Hosseini.

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani said government offices and the public transport system are to reject customers and passengers not wearing face coverings starting Sunday, when a nationwide mandatory facemask policy comes into force to slow the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.