Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) and Josep Borrell (R)

Tehran (IP) - Iran's Foreign Minister continued his intensive consultations in the context of health diplomacy, having separate phone conversations with EU's Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell and the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the latest developments of the coronavirus outbreak.

Iran PressIran News: Continuing intensive consultations in the context of health diplomacy a disclosure against US economic and therapeutic terrorism against the Iranian nation, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had a phone conversation with EU's Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell on Friday.

The two sides discussed the obstacles facing Iran in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak.

During the call, Borrell voiced solidarity with Iran and rejected the US unilateral sanctions against the health and lives of the Iranian people and called on the countries to seek effective cooperation.

In this regard, the Iranian Foreign Minister also held a telephone conversation with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

The UN Secretary-General, expressed his sympathy and solidarity with the Iranian people, emphasizing the need to lift US sanctions against the Iranian nation to combat the coronavirus.

Zarif, for his part, appreciated the declared positions of the UN agencies, emphasizing the need to abolish inhumane, cruel, illegal and unilateral US sanctions against the Iranian people.

Ever since quitting the multilateral 2015 nuclear deal with Iran in May 2018, US President Donald Trump has been running what he refers to as a “maximum pressure” of sanctions against Tehran.

The American sanctions target both Iran and its international partners, including European countries that seek to engage in trade with the Islamic Republic.

So-called secondary sanctions target foreign companies that do business with Iran. Affected countries, including China, say those bans violate their sovereignty because their bilateral interactions with Iran are targeted by a third country, namely the US.

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