US senator renews call on Trump to ease Iran sanctions
US Senator Chris Murphy warned that the Trump administration could be responsible for “the death of innocent people” if it continues its current policies towards Iran.
According to Tasnim news agency, Murphy had penned a March 26 letter, signed by ten other Democratic senators, asking the Trump administration to ensure that Iran and Venezuela can import medical supplies and other humanitarian goods to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
“Right now, our sanctions do not allow for that,” he told reporters recently, the National Interest reported.
“If this epidemic continues to grow and spread in Iran, it will result in the death of innocent people, partially as a result of US policy that does not accrue to the national security benefit of our country.”
The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that its sanctions campaign does not prevent Iran from buying humanitarian goods and that it is ready to donate aid directly if needed.
But the Murphy letter said that “medical suppliers and relief organizations simply steer clear of doing business in Iran and Venezuela in fear of accidentally getting caught in the web of US sanctions.”
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