Iran Press/ Iran News: "Based on human dignity, the right to food in different Human Rights documents imposes several obligations on Member States to provide enough food, and various mechanisms have been foreseen to address its violation and to compensate the affected people," the statement added.
"Sanctions and violations of patients’ right to food security in the Islamic Republic of Iran Iranian Thalassemia Society, which represents 23,000 Iranian thalassemia patients, believes that unilateral coercive measures against the Iranian people had a disturbing impact on the general level, especially vulnerable groups, and its negative effects on patients’ health are so evident," the statement reads.
"The Thalassemia Support Association explicitly states that the systematic sanctions against the Iranian people, especially those with thalassemia, and the restrictions on their access to safe and healthy food are a violation of all basic principles and rules of Human Right," added it.
"Imports of agricultural and livestock products into the Islamic Republic of Iran have been a problem due to the cruel United States of America sanctions, although the main perpetrator of this clear violation of the fundamental rights of Iranian patients is the United States of America, some European countries and pharmaceutical companies are over-compliance with these illegal sanctions," it concluded.
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