Iran Review | Kaveh L. Afrasiabi: It is time for a logical discourse. In response to the alarming impact of the deadly coronavirus, officially known as Covid-19, in Iran, posing a growing public health emergency for millions of Iranians, the US government should suspend its robust sanctions regime on Iran. A temporary suspension of these sanctions ...

Common Dreams | Vijay Prashad: The evidence is undeniable. The U.S. sanctions are seriously destroying Irans health infrastructure and are leading to immediate deaths and suffering of the Iranian population. In late October, Human Rights Watch released a short report with a sharp titleMaximum Pressure: US Economic Sanctions Harm Iranians Right to ...

Press TV - A UN rights expert has slammed unilateral US sanctions against Iran, Cuba and Venezuela, saying the use of economic measures for political purposes violates human rights and international law. In a statement released on Monday, Idriss Jazairy, UN special rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures, warned that ...

United Nations Human Rights Office Of The High Commissioner - Sanctions must be just, and must not lead to the suffering of innocent people, says United Nations Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy. The reimposition of sanctions against Iran after the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, which had been unanimously ...

IRNA - The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Unilateral Coercive Measures called the United States' reimposition of unilateral sanctions against Iran as illegitimate, outrageous and harmful. In a statement at the UN office in Geneva on Monday Idriss Jazairy called the US sanctions against Iran as unfair and detrimental. He also warned against ...