TEHRAN, Mar 21 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, urged the American people, to press the U.S. government, to lift sanctions against Iran, as the country is fighting against COVID-19, according to Iran’s presidential website.
“U.S. sanctions targeted major sectors of Iran’s financial and economic system, which has inflicted hundreds of dollars of losses to Iran’s economy and people,” Rouhani said.
“U.S. government sanctions have made many ordinary Iranians lose their health, jobs and income. Besides, the U.S. sanctions have drained Iran’s power, in the fight against the COVID-19,” said Rouhani.
He stressed that, it is time for the American people to urge their government to remove sanctions against Iran.
On Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said that, the U.S. “inhuman” sanctions are “killing Iranian citizens” amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said on Friday, that, a total of 19,644 people have been infected with the virus, of whom 1,433 have died.
