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US sanctions leading to 'humanitarian catastrophe': Iran's Zarif
Mar 31, 2020 02:51Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said US sanctions have made it “impossible” for Iranians to have access to essential drugs during the Covid-19 pandemic, warning that the bans are leading to a “humanitarian catastrophe”.
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Iran's Defense Ministry unveils rapid test kits for novel coronavirus
Mar 30, 2020 12:27A biomedicine company affiliated with the Iranian Defense Ministry has unveiled homemade rapid tests kits for new coronavirus as the country moves to contain an outbreak that has affected tens of thousands of people.
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Iran: Virus revealed 'ugliest face of US government addicted to sanctions'
Mar 30, 2020 06:54Iran says the coronavirus pandemic underscores the need to end "madness in politics and irresponsible unilateralism" of the US government which is sabotaging the country's fight against the disease through sanctions.
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Syria confirms first COVID-19 death as health system reels from sanctions, war
Mar 30, 2020 01:58Syria’s Health Ministry has confirmed its first death resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic as the country’s fragile health system reels from years of foreign-backed war and sanctions.
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Iran pays another $32 mln to fund fight against coronavirus
Mar 29, 2020 01:42The Iranian government has provided another $32 million in emergency funding to the health sector amid a nationwide effort to contain the new coronavirus.
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‘US continues to block Iranian assets needed to buy medical equipment to fight COVID-19’
Mar 29, 2020 01:19Iran rejects reports that the United States has agreed to grant sanctions waivers to certain countries in order to open up the way for the Islamic Republic to access frozen assets and buy medical supplies and equipment needed to fight the pandemic of the new coronavirus.
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Senator Murphy calls on Washington to ease sanctions on Iran, Venezuela amid pandemic
Mar 28, 2020 00:45An American senator has called on the US administration to ease economic sanctions against Iran and Venezuela as the restrictive measures are hindering the humanitarian response to the coronavirus pandemic in the countries.
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Coronavirus spread keeping up, Iran's Zarfi urges release of Iranians jailed in horrific US facilities
Mar 27, 2020 13:41Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urges the United States to release innocent Iranian scientists jailed in horrific US facilities amid the pandemic of the new coronavirus.
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US sanctions hamper coronavirus fight in Venezuela
Mar 27, 2020 13:40Venezuela’s economy relied on oil exports to generate the revenue necessary to import goods. With the fall in oil prices came a directed attack on Venezuela by a new round of unilateral and illegal sanctions from the United States. These sanctions prevented oil companies and transportation firms from doing business with Venezuela; international banks seized Venezuela’s holdings in their vaults, including $1.2 billion in gold in the Bank of England, and stopped doing business with Venezuela.
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Iran making progress in search of new funds to fight coronavirus: Chief banker
Mar 27, 2020 10:31Iran’s chief banker says efforts for accessing new sources of hard currency to fight the new coronavirus pandemic have borne fruit.