"Not the time to settle scores": Russia urged the U.S. to immediately lift sanctions against Iran
USA purposefully interfere with Iran to combat the coronavirus, Moscow agitating Washington to immediately remove penalties against Iran, told in the Russian foreign Ministry.
USA purposefully interfere with Iran to combat the coronavirus, Moscow agitating Washington to immediately remove penalties against Iran, told in the Russian foreign Ministry.
"against the background of incoming messages on the growth of the pandemic caused by the virus COVID-19, must draw attention to the unfair, unequal situation, which turned out to be the Islamic Republic of Iran is our good neighbor and partner ", - reported in the report of the Ministry of foreign Affairs.
first Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani said that imposed by the Americans in may of 2018 during the campaign "maximum pressure" illegal unilateral punishment stood as a powerful obstacle to the effective fight against the spread of infection. The Russian foreign Ministry believe that the reason is caused by a coronavirus of the many victims in Iran lies Not only in the Disease itself, but also in the fact that North America is purposefully prevent her to resist.
the report stresses that "the inhuman policy of the United States is a cause of deep regret, concern and strong dissatisfaction" of the Russian capital. MFA strongly tried to persuade Washington " to face the truth and accept the urgent conclusion of the immediate lifting of the sanctions restrictions, beating on fundamental human rights in Iran ".
"The global pandemic is Not the time for critical geopolitical accounts, the above is Not groundless, and invented in the US capital for the tasks meet their own ambitions ", - told the Minister.
in Iran, the number of infected with a new type of coronavirus has reached 14, 9 thousand people. More than 129 cases died for the day. The total number of victims rose to 853.
last week the who declared the outbreak spread from the Chinese Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. The disease has a name COVID-19. At the moment in the world recorded almost 170 thousand cases, of which 75 thousand were recovered, more than 6, 5 thousand died. The cases noted in over 140 countries, the center of the epidemic moved from China to the European Union.
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