Iran's deputy minister for strategic planning and coordination at the ministry of health has described enemy claims that US sanctions don't affect the healthcare sector as "an empty slogan".

Iran Press/Iran news :   The  deputy minister for strategic planning and  coordination at the Health ministry, Dr Ali Akbar Haghdust (MD)in a news conference held on  Monday 27 Aug  2018  stressed the   fact that Iran's ministry of health is planning to face  even harsher days so that the enemies' guile would be directed at themselves ,reported Iran Press news agency. Dr Haghdust said "hopefully the enemy would be hoisted by its own petard".

 

Asked to explain the Health Ministry's contingency plans and measures  to reduce the negative impact of US sanctions on Iran, Haghdust said the enemies' claim  that sanctions do not target patients, hospitals and healthcare is just untrue -- it is "a hollow  slogan". Haghdust added:  "They want to apply maximum pressure,  they are targeting the healthcare sector and medicinal drugs with their sanctions, they want to cause maximum dissatisfaction among the Iranian public."


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The deputy health minister also said officials at the health ministry ,in return , are trying to decrease tensions and anxieties, they are trying to allay fears and reduce public anxiety , so  that people's health is least affected by the present situation.

 

On May ,2018 U.S. President Donald Trump announced America's withdrawal from the nuclear deal, and re-imposition of the highest level of sanctions and other economic penalties on Iran.

 

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The announcement came despite massive efforts by the European allies of the US to convince Trump to stay in the 2015 deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).  The deal was reached between Iran and the 5+1 Group, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council –  US, France, Britain, Russia and China – plus Germany.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has also confirmed 11 times that Iran has been committed to its obligations under the nuclear deal.

The Israeli regime, along with Saudi Arabia, actually welcomed the US move.  Saudi Arabia backed Trump's decision to withdraw from  deal, and to re-impose economic sanctions on Tehran.

Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, also welcomed Trump's  decision, to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal. 

Almost two-thirds of Americans – 63 percent – believe the U.S. should not withdraw from the nuclear agreement.

 

 

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