[rad-green] Accusing US of 'Medical Terrorism,' Iran Demands Trump Lift Drug Import Sanctions Amid Coronavirus Crisis

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-iran-demands-trump-lift-drug-import-sanctions-amid>Common
Dreams          March 11, 2020Accusing US of 'Medical Terrorism,' Iran
Demands Trump Lift Drug Import Sanctions Amid Coronavirus Crisis"The
oppressive and illegal American sanctions have affected public welfare and
health in Iran."by Jake Johnson, staff writer*

*Patients wait for their results in front of the Keyvan Virology Laboratory
to confirm the coronavirus cases in Tehran, Iran on March 10, 2020. (Photo:
Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)*

Facing a humanitarian crisis with at least 9,000
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/coronavirus-iran-records-jump-new-cases=
-most-day>
coronavirus
cases nationwide and a death toll of more than 350 people, Iranian
officials on Wednesday demanded
<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-11/iran-urges-u-s-to-lift-=
sanctions-on-food-and-medicine-imports>
that
the U.S. lift crippling food and drug import sanctions that Tehran says
have hindered the government's ability to respond effectively to the
outbreak.

"It's fighting the disease at a time when a huge part of its national
budget has been eliminated by U.S. sanctions. The sanctions continue to be
a crime against humanity."
=E2=80=94Sina Toossi, National Iranian American Council

"The oppressive and illegal American sanctions, which [have been imposed on
Iran] within the framework of the 'maximum pressure' campaign, have
affected public welfare and health in Iran," Abbas Mousavi, spokesperson
for Iran's foreign ministry, told
<https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/03/11/620626/Iran-United-States-sancti=
ons-food-medicine-coronavirus>
reporters
Wednesday.

Mousavi said
<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-11/iran-urges-u-s-to-lift-=
sanctions-on-food-and-medicine-imports>
the
U.S. sanctions have restricted Iran's access to crucial medicines and
supplies as the novel coronavirus=E2=80=94formally known as COVID-19=E2=80=
=94continues to
spread across the country, killing more than 350 people.

In a tweet last Saturday, Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif called the
U.S. sanctions a form of "medical terrorism."

Ali Larijani, Iran's speaker of Parliament, urged the international
community on Wednesday to pressure the U.S. to lift the sanctions, which
President Donald Trump reimposed in 2018 after ditching the Iran nuclear
agreement
<https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/05/08/how-iran-war-started-grave-wa=
rnings-trump-ditches-nuclear-deal>
=2E

The U.S. sanctions regime "clearly violates the U.N. Charter and that of
the World Health Organization (WHO) and has not only seriously hampered
Iran's intensive efforts to help affected people and contain the spread of
the coronavirus, but also left negative and undeniable impacts on all
national, regional, and international efforts to contain the virus,"
Larijani wrote <http://www.iran-daily.com/News/266715.html> in letters
addressed to several international organizations, including the
Inter-Parliamentary Union.

Calls for the Trump administration to end its economic warfare against Iran
come amid reports that Iranian hospitals are struggling
<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-10/iran-s-hospitals-are-st=
ruggling-to-cope-with-coronavirus-surge>
to
handle the influx of patients due to the coronavirus, which has hit Iran
far harder than any other country in the Middle East.

"Iran is one of the worst-hit countries by the coronavirus," tweeted
<https://twitter.com/SinaToossi/status/1237733717738733569> Sina Toossi,
senior research analyst with the National Iranian American Council. "It's
fighting the disease at a time when a huge part of its national budget has
been eliminated by U.S. sanctions... The sanctions continue to be a crime
against humanity."

Desperate to treat or prevent coronavirus, some ordinary Iranians have
resorted to consuming bootleg alcohol after the circulation of a false
rumor that drinking alcohol can stop the infection. According to
<https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/03/10/44-dead-iran-drinking=
-toxic-alcohol-fake-coronavirus-cure/5009761002/>
Iranian
media, 44 people have died of alcohol poisoning after attempting to treat
the coronavirus with bootleg liquor that contained methanol.

"The coronavirus outbreak in Iran is serious," tweeted
<https://twitter.com/NegarMortazavi/status/1237434184483946496>
Iranian-American
journalist and *BBC*  commentator Negar Mortazavi. "The government hasn't
been transparent about data, mismanagement and incompetence has led to more
chaos, there is a shortage of medical resources made worse by sanctions,
and tons of misinformation made inside and outside the country."

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font size=3D"4">Common Dreams=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 March 11, 2=
020</font><br><br><font size=3D"6">Accusing US of &#39;Medical Terrorism,&#=
39; Iran Demands Trump Lift Drug Import Sanctions Amid Coronavirus Crisis<b=
r></font><br><font size=3D"4">&quot;The oppressive and illegal American san=
ctions have affected public welfare and health in Iran.&quot;</font><br><br=
><font size=3D"4">by Jake Johnson, staff writer</font></font></b></div><div=
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inherit;margin:0px"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif"><b styl=
e=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Patients wait for their results in =
front of the Keyvan Virology Laboratory to confirm the coronavirus cases in=
 Tehran, Iran on March 10, 2020. (Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via=
 Getty Images)</b></font></p></div></div></div><div style=3D"font-size:17px=
;box-sizing:inherit"><div style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><div style=3D"box-si=
zing:inherit"><div style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><p style=3D"box-sizing:inhe=
rit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">Facing a humanitarian =
crisis with=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/coronavirus-=
iran-records-jump-new-cases-most-day" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;backgroun=
d:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none" target=3D"_blank">at least 9,000</a>=
=C2=A0coronavirus cases nationwide and a death toll of more than 350 people=
, Iranian officials on Wednesday=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.bloomberg.com/=
news/articles/2020-03-11/iran-urges-u-s-to-lift-sanctions-on-food-and-medic=
ine-imports" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration=
-line:none" target=3D"_blank">demanded</a>=C2=A0that the U.S. lift cripplin=
g food and drug import sanctions that Tehran says have hindered the governm=
ent&#39;s ability to respond effectively to the outbreak.</font></p><p styl=
e=3D"box-sizing:inherit;float:right;font-size:18px;font-variant-numeric:nor=
mal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:700;line-height:24px;margin-=
bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px 20px;text-align:right;width:=
263.35px"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">&quot;It&#39;s fi=
ghting the disease at a time when a huge part of its national budget has be=
en eliminated by U.S. sanctions. The sanctions continue to be a crime again=
st humanity.&quot;<br style=3D"box-sizing:inherit">=E2=80=94Sina Toossi, Na=
tional Iranian American Council</font></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><=
font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">&quot;The oppressive and ill=
egal American sanctions, which [have been imposed on Iran] within the frame=
work of the &#39;maximum pressure&#39; campaign, have affected public welfa=
re and health in Iran,&quot; Abbas Mousavi, spokesperson for Iran&#39;s for=
eign ministry,=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/03/11/62=
0626/Iran-United-States-sanctions-food-medicine-coronavirus" style=3D"box-s=
izing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none" target=3D"_blan=
k">told</a>=C2=A0reporters Wednesday.</font></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inhe=
rit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">Mousavi=C2=A0<a href=
=3D"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-11/iran-urges-u-s-to-li=
ft-sanctions-on-food-and-medicine-imports" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;back=
ground:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none" target=3D"_blank">said</a>=C2=A0t=
he U.S. sanctions have restricted Iran&#39;s access to crucial medicines an=
d supplies as the novel coronavirus=E2=80=94formally known as COVID-19=E2=
=80=94continues to spread across the country, killing more than 350 people.=
</font></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"=
georgia, serif">In a tweet last Saturday, Iranian foreign minister Javad Za=
rif called the U.S. sanctions a form of &quot;medical terrorism.&quot;</fon=
t></p><div align=3D"center" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"></div><p style=3D"=
box-sizing:inherit"></p><div style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"></div><p style=3D=
"box-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">Ali La=
rijani, Iran&#39;s speaker of Parliament, urged the international community=
 on Wednesday to pressure the U.S. to lift the sanctions, which President D=
onald Trump reimposed in 2018 after=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.commondream=
s.org/news/2018/05/08/how-iran-war-started-grave-warnings-trump-ditches-nuc=
lear-deal" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-l=
ine:none" target=3D"_blank">ditching the Iran nuclear agreement</a>.</font>=
</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia=
, serif">The U.S. sanctions regime &quot;clearly violates the U.N. Charter =
and that of the World Health Organization (WHO) and has not only seriously =
hampered Iran&#39;s intensive efforts to help affected people and contain t=
he spread of the coronavirus, but also left negative and undeniable impacts=
 on all national, regional, and international efforts to contain the virus,=
&quot; Larijani=C2=A0<a href=3D"http://www.iran-daily.com/News/266715.html"=
 style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none" =
target=3D"_blank">wrote</a>=C2=A0in letters addressed to several internatio=
nal organizations, including the Inter-Parliamentary Union.</font></p><p st=
yle=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">=
Calls for the Trump administration to end its economic warfare against Iran=
 come amid reports that Iranian hospitals are=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.b=
loomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-10/iran-s-hospitals-are-struggling-to-co=
pe-with-coronavirus-surge" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;t=
ext-decoration-line:none" target=3D"_blank">struggling</a>=C2=A0to handle t=
he influx of patients due to the coronavirus, which has hit Iran far harder=
 than any other country in the Middle East.</font></p><p style=3D"box-sizin=
g:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">&quot;Iran is on=
e of the worst-hit countries by the coronavirus,&quot;=C2=A0<a href=3D"http=
s://twitter.com/SinaToossi/status/1237733717738733569" style=3D"box-sizing:=
inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none" target=3D"_blank">twe=
eted</a>=C2=A0Sina Toossi, senior research analyst with the National Irania=
n American Council. &quot;It&#39;s fighting the disease at a time when a hu=
ge part of its national budget has been eliminated by U.S. sanctions... The=
 sanctions continue to be a crime against humanity.&quot;</font></p><p styl=
e=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">De=
sperate to treat or prevent coronavirus, some ordinary Iranians have resort=
ed to consuming bootleg alcohol after the circulation of a false rumor that=
 drinking alcohol can stop the infection.=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.usato=
day.com/story/news/world/2020/03/10/44-dead-iran-drinking-toxic-alcohol-fak=
e-coronavirus-cure/5009761002/" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px =
0px;text-decoration-line:none" target=3D"_blank">According to</a>=C2=A0Iran=
ian media, 44 people have died of alcohol poisoning after attempting to tre=
at the coronavirus with bootleg liquor that contained methanol.</font></p><=
p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, ser=
if">&quot;The coronavirus outbreak in Iran is serious,&quot;=C2=A0<a href=
=3D"https://twitter.com/NegarMortazavi/status/1237434184483946496" style=3D=
"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none" target=3D=
"_blank">tweeted</a>=C2=A0Iranian-American journalist and=C2=A0<em style=3D=
"box-sizing:inherit">BBC</em>=C2=A0 commentator Negar Mortazavi. &quot;The =
government hasn&#39;t been transparent about data, mismanagement and incomp=
etence has led to more chaos, there is a shortage of medical resources made=
 worse by sanctions, and tons of misinformation made inside and outside the=
 country.&quot;</font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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