[rad-green] Did you know this about Iran and the coronavirus?

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After China and South Korea, Iran has the largest number of coronavirus
cases per population and it isn’t by coincidence. U.S. sanctions on Iran
have devastated the country’s healthcare industry and contributed to its
inability to respond to the crisis. *Add your name now to the Treasury
Department letter demanding that they immediately lift the sanctions on
Iran. We also have an avenue for you to donate medical supplies to reach
Iran quickly.*

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*This is bad. *Since February 19, when the first coronavirus cases were
identified in Iran, at least 6,566 people—about one in every 12,000
Iranians—have been infected. At least 237 people have died. Iran is third,
behind China and South Korea, in cases of coronavirus per population. *Due
to U.S. sanctions, Iran is suffering from a shortage of the medical
supplies, products, and equipment required for diagnosis, prevention, and
treatment of the coronavirus.*

*The U.S. Treasury Department must immediately reverse its maximum pressure
campaign on Iran. Add your name now.
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The health of the Iranian people—and global health and safety—depends on it.

*We at CODEPINK have been working to get the medical-related sanctions on
Iran lifted* since an October 2019 Human Rights Watch report was released
outlining how the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign is
preventing life-saving medicines from entering the country. Finally, last
week, with the coronavirus outbreak, the Treasury Department announced that
it would waive certain sanctions for humanitarian supplies to go through
Iran’s central bank. But it is far too little, too late, as the financial
risks and reputational costs for companies to engage in even lawful
humanitarian trade with Iran are severe.

Even before the worldwide coronavirus epidemic began, U.S. sanctions on
Iran have been wreaking havoc on the Iranian economy. The price of housing,
food, and transportation soared. Iranian patients had a difficult time
accessing life-saving medicines for cancer, epilepsy, and chronic eye
injuries from chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq war. Decades of U.S.
interventions in the Middle East have left the area war-ravaged and in
disarray, ripe for the coronavirus tornado that is picking up wind right
now in Iran.

*Add your name now to the U.S. Treasury Department letter demanding that
they immediately lift the sanctions on Iran.*
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On Wednesday, March 11, we will personally deliver the petition to the U.S.
Treasury Department office in D.C. during a protest where we will attempt
to quarantine the Treasury Department for contributing to Iran becoming an
epicenter for the coronavirus.

*In addition to demanding that the Treasury Department lift the sanctions
on Iran, we are also taking immediate action to get medical supplies into
Iran.* The National Iranian-American Council (NIAC) has identified two
organizations—Relief International and Moms Against Poverty—that have
licenses to conduct relief work in Iran. Relief International is supplying
face masks, sanitizers, test kits and treatment to affected individuals and
Moms Against Poverty is supplying masks, surgical gloves, disinfectant
wipes, alcohol wipes, and hand sanitizers to medical clinics and hospitals
that serve vulnerable communities, as well as food and other basic
necessities to families affected. *Donate now to support the efforts of
these two organizations addressing the coronavirus epidemic in Iran.*
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Make no mistake about it, the suffering that the Trump administration is
inflicting upon the Iranian people is intentional. In February 2019,
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo bragged to CBS News that "things are much
worse for the Iranian people [with the U.S. sanctions].” With the
coronavirus whipping across Iran like a tsunami, it is only a matter of
time before Trump’s maximum pressure campaign is stigmatized across the
world as the dangerous, cruel, and vile act of war that it is. How many
Iranian lives has it already taken and for how long will we allow this to
continue? *Add your name to the letter now!
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Sending love to the people of Iran,
*Leila and Medea*

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