Jahangiri

Iran's first vice-president, Eshaq Jahangiri, tested positive for the new coronavirus and underwent treatment, IranWire news site reported today, quoted by Reuters.

The online media cited an "informed source". So far, there is no confirmation from the Iranian authorities.

Several Iranian officials have contracted the coronavirus. A senior government official died Monday.

Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, in a meeting in Turkmenistan's Awaza, on the sidelines of the First Caspian Economic Forum, voiced their countries' resolution to develop bilateral relations, writes Tehran Times. 

Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri called on China and other countries friendly with Iran on July 30 to buy more Iranian oil, the oil ministry news website SHANA reported, as Chinese imports plunged after U.S. sanctions took effect.