17. März 2020 Bundesinnenminister Seehofer ordnet weitreichende Reisebeschränkungen im internationalen Luft- und Seeverkehr an. Einreisen von Drittstaatsangehörigen sind vorübergehend nur noch bei dringendem Reisegrund möglich.   ...   ...   https://teheran.diplo.de/blob/2320478/c0ae4180c2e881abe03441e353c13d69/pdf-pressemitteilung-seehofer-data.pdf

MNA:   In its latest report, the Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) has predicted the non-oil gross do­mes­tic product (GDP) growth rate to stand at zero percent in the current Iranian calendar year 1398 (which is to end on march 21, 2020). The growth of GDP, including the oil sector, hovers around -7.2 percent in the said time, the same report confirmed. The center put the registered annual growth rate in sectors of agriculture, gas and oil, industry and mine, and services res­pec­tively at 3 percent, -37 percent, and 2.2 percent and -0.1 percent.

This while the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), the other Iranian body which is in charge of reporting economic indices, has announced 1.2-percent non-oil economic growth for the first nine months of the present Iranian calendar year (March 21- December 21, 2019). "Ac­cording to the reports of the CBI, non-oil GDP growth in the said months stood at 3.3 percent, while including the oil sector, the growth rate reached 1.2 percent, in this period," Abdolnaser Hemmati, wrote in an Instagram post on March 14. "Sectors of agriculture, industry- mining and the services, with growth rates of %7.8, %7 and %1.2 respectively, had the main role in the gain­­ed growth rate," he added. In mid-February, Hemmati announced that Iran’s economy is get­ting out of recession, while major economic indices are experiencing stability. Despite some efforts done to present a dark image of Iran’s economic future, CBI data proves economy to ha­ve a relative stability, stepping out of recession, the governor said.

Im Januar 2020 fiel der deutsch-iranische Außenhandel auf 150 Millionen Euro. Im Ver­gleich zum Januar 2019 stiegt der Außenhandel allerdings um +20%. Deutschland lieferte Wa­­­ren im Wert von 119 Millionen Euro im Januar  (+17% im Vergleich zu Januar 2019); die iranischen Lieferungen nach Deutschland lagen im Januar bei 31 Mio. Euro (+35%). 

MNA:   In an urgent tweet on Thursday, Iranian FM Zarif released a list containing all the re­quire­ments of his country's ministry of health to combat COVID-19 outbreak.

 "Iranian care personnel are courageously battling coronavirus on frontlines," he wrote. "Their efforts are stymied by vast shortages caused by restrictions on our people's access to medi­ci­ne/equipment," he added. "Viruses don't discriminate. Nor should humankind," Zarif wrote.

Due to US draconian sanctions on Iran, the country is facing difficulties with combat against COVID-19 outburst, however, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) says Iran is doing its best in the fight against the novel coronavirus despite a lack of sufficient equip­ment and facilities mainly caused by the US sanctions. Iranian officials have unanimous­ly slam­med the United States for blocking the entry of foodstuffs and medicine into Iran through its un­lawful sanctions. Zarif, sent a letter to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Thurs­day urging the need to lift all US sanctions on Iran. Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahan­pour said on Thursday that the number of coronavirus patients in Iran has climbed to 10,075, with the death toll hitting 429.