U.S. to Block Iran’s Request to IMF for $5 Billion Loan to Fight Coronavirus

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U.S. to Block Iran’s Request to IMF for $5 Billion Loan to Fight Coronavirus
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The U.S. plans to block Iran’s requested $5 billion emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund for funding Tehran says it needs to fight its coronavirus crisis

Senior officials in the Trump administration said Iran’s government has billion-dollar accounts still at its disposal.

If allowed to tap IMF financing, the officials said, Tehran would then be able to divert those or other funds to help its economy, which has been weakened by U.S. sanctions, or finance militants in the Middle East, rather than on containing...

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