The Russian Foreign Ministry has once again criticized the US anti-Iranian sanctions against the backdrop of a large-scale coronavirus epidemic in the Islamic Republic.
"Millions of Iranian citizens were cut off from the possibility of purchasing necessary medical supplies, no matter how hard Washington tried to distort it. We strongly urge the United States to face the truth and take the urgent decision to immediately lift the sanctions restrictions that affect fundamental human rights in Iran. The global pandemic is not a time for settling geopolitical scores, especially those that have no grounds, but invented in Washington for the purpose of satisfying their own ambitions", the message reads.
Illegal unilateral US sanctions are a powerful obstacle to the effective fight against coronavirus, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said earlier. The Islamic Republic remains one of the most affected by the coronavirus. The number of people infected exceeded 15 thousand people. About 1 thousand died.
GSV "Russia - Islamic World"