Iran Medical Academy Urges UN Action on ‘Cruel’ US Sanctions
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran penned a letter to the UN, slamming the world body’s inaction on “cruel” US sanctions amid the country’s battle against the deadly coronavirus epidemic.
“Following correspondence about the US government's illegal sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its direct impact on the health of the Iranian people, unfortunately, so far, the United Nations and other relevant organizations including the World Health Organization, which claim to defend the rights of humanity, have taken no effective measures to lift the cruel sanctions against our dear children, women, men and patients,” the Academy’s President Alireza Marandi said in the letter on Thursday.
Following is the full text of the letter:
United Nations Secretary-General
His Excellency, António Guterres,
Excellency,
Following correspondence about the US government's illegal sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its direct impact on the health of the Iranian people, unfortunately, so far, the United Nations and other relevant organizations including the World Health Organization, which claim to defend the rights of humanity, have taken no effective measures to lift the cruel sanctions against our dear children, women, men and patients.
Instead, despite the urging of scientists, physicians and even some elected US officials to lift sanctions amid a worldwide Covid-19 disease pandemic, this irrational, ruthless American government has further tightened sanctions against the Iranian people.
Nevertheless, the efforts of the Islamic Republic of Iran's health authorities and officials in the face of inhumane US sanctions have been successful in managing the recent pandemic. Even if a small part of these sanctions were imposed on European countries and the United States, those nations would surely collapse under the strain. As you know, we have been one of the worse-hit nations in this pandemic and would not have reached this difficult state had it not been for the repressive US sanctions imposed on all the world in order to punish Iran.
It is certain that history will judge the ineffectiveness and silence of international organizations claiming the protection of international law and human rights against such crimes. These institutions have become toothless, if not complicit, and we will undoubtedly see the unraveling of our world order because of this refusal to take action against crass violations of international and humanitarian law by the US regime.
