Iran Press/America: "Human dignity is disregarded, the applicability of the law Is questioned, humanitarian aid is politicized and deliberately hijacked for political gain or to control populations", Peter Maurer said.
"Terrorist attacks, indiscriminate by nature, are destroying the very notion of proportionality, precaution and distinction, which are at the core of behavior in combat," Peter Maurer added addressing the UN Security Council meeting on the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law: international humanitarian law: 'Safeguarding Humanitarian Space'.
Maurer went on to say that "humanitarian organizations are increasingly placed under pressure as both states and non-state armed groups hold civilian populations and humanitarian actors to ransom in order to achieve their goals," Iran Press reported.
He reiterated "when the principles of impartiality are breached and humanitarian action is curtailed, families – like the ones I meet - go hungry, they fall sick, they are left vulnerable to abuse. No wonder they are asking why?"
The US has imposed the most unilateral sanctions against individuals and institutions in the world.
US sanctions against Iran consist of banking, shipping, airline, oil sale and petrochemical sector.
Sanctions have also impeded humanitarian aids issuance in a way that Head of Iran Red Crescent Society Ali Asghar Peyvandi earlier said that the society had SWIFT accounts before sanctions through which they could attract global aids.
He added that the mentioned accounts have been sanctioned which made impossible money transfer from other countries and also International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Washington’s refusal to relieve its bans comes as countrywide flooding, unleashed by heavy downpours on Iran since March 19, has killed scores of people and has pushed relief and rescue organizations to the utmost. 105
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