Tehran 25 March_Top diplomats and officials from all around the world are increasingly urging the United States to remove its unilateral sanctions against Iran amid the country’s battle against the novel coronavirus.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_The United Nations leadership on Tuesday called for rolling back international sanctions regimes around the world, including the ones against Iran, amid an outbreak of the COVID-19.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the sanctions are heightening the health risks for millions of people and weakening the global effort to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.
“I am encouraging the waiving of sanctions imposed on countries to ensure access to food, essential health supplies, and COVID-19 medical support. This is the time for solidarity not exclusion,” Guterres wrote in a letter to the G-20 economic powers.
“Let us remember that we are only as strong as the weakest health system in our interconnected world.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also reiterated his calls for the removal of US bans against Iran in a Tuesday phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif.
During the talks, Lavrov pointed out that Russia continues to urge Washington to immediately lift its inhumane sanctions that prevent the government of Iran from combating COVID-19.
Earlier in the day, the United Nations rights chief said any sanctions imposed on Iran, among other countries grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, should be “urgently re-evaluated” to support lives of millions of people worldwide.
“At this crucial time, both for global public health reasons, and to support the rights and lives of millions of people in these countries, sectoral sanctions should be eased or suspended,” Michelle Bachelet said in a statement.
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