Tag: Iran Sanctions

Iran’s Central Bank Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati says 1.6 billion dollars of Iran’s assets held abroad have been released.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has welcomed a Russian proposal for the creation of a green corridor, in contrast to the sanctions, for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

Iran’s ambassador to the UN says the lifting of US sanctions will serve the interests of the whole world.

The Iranian president says the United States is committing terrorism in the medical domain by maintaining its sanctions on Iran amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Iranian Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar has written a letter to the women political leaders of the world, highlighting the impact of the US sanctions on Iran’s ability to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

Iran says neither the United States, nor any other country in the world, has the power to veto the loan requests of International Monetary Fund (IMF) member states.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has reminded his French counterpart that defeating the novel coronavirus requires mutual cooperation and joint action, calling for efforts to share experiences in containing the contagious disease.

Iran has called on the international community not to abide by US sanctions on the Islamic Republic to help the Islamic Republic in its fight against the coronavirus.

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani has slammed the US sanctions on health and medical goods, saying sanctions on health items are an illegal and inhumane act and a symbol of Donald Trump's open enmity with the Iranian people.

In a rare opinion piece published by The Guardian, Tehran’s mayor Pirouz Hanachi has argued that the US sanctions are crippling the Islamic Republic’s fight against the novel coronavirus.