Iran Press/Iran News: Iran's Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, Mohammad Shariatmadari at the International Labor Organization's virtual meeting entitled "COVID-19 in the Working World" referring to the application of oppressive US sanctions against the Iranian people, noted, "That the path of access of a nation, especially patients to medicine and medical equipment, being sanctioned and blocked under false pretenses, cannot be justified by any moral principle."
He further added that the outbreak of the Coronavirus has proved that the world has not been able to take steps towards real security, justice, and stability.
Explaining Iran's efforts to reduce the social and economic consequences of the Corona outbreak, Shariatmadari said, "Iran has put on its agenda the strengthening of the economy and employment, the support of enterprises, jobs and incomes, the support of workers in the workplace, and social dialogue to find solutions."
Washington's unilateral, oppressive and inhuman sanctions, which include basic, necessary, and even medical items, have caused many problems for the Iranian people, especially those infected with COVID-19 disease.
On July 8, Health Minister Saeed Namaki described the US sanctions as the biggest obstacle in the fight against the coronavirus and said that the biggest culprit in the current situation of the coronavirus in Iran is the criminal United States that has cowardly imposed sanctions on Iran.
According to the spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health 250,458 people in the country have been infected with the coronavirus, and 212,176 of total infected people have recovered. 12,305 people lost their lives.
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