Iran Press/ Iran News: Mohammad Mehdi Tondgouyan said that the statement addressed the removal of sanctions against Iran amid the corona crisis which has made the country vulnerable.
"In a statement, the young NGOs on behalf of the country's youth called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to address the issue and lift sanctions on Iran in the critical situation of Coronavirus outbreak," Tondgouyan asserted.
Meanwhile, a diverse group of US academics, researchers and NGO leaders have signed an open letter addressed to the leaders of the P4+1 countries (United Kingdom, France, Germany, China, and Russia) and the US lawmakers, calling on them to lift sanctions on Iran impeding Iranian campaign against coronavirus.
Earlier before, several distinguished academics including Noam Chomsky, Hamid Dabashi, Robert Crews, and John Packer have signed a letter addressed to the leaders of the P4+1 countries and US lawmakers to "End Iran Sanctions".
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