Pakistan’s Khan Urges Trump to Lift Iran Sanctions as Country Fights Coronavirus Outbreak

By Staff, Agencies

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan urged US President Donald Trump to lift unilateral sanctions that his administration imposed on Iran as Tehran is engaged in a diligent fight against the ongoing pandemic of the deadly global new coronavirus, known as COVID-19.

Khan made the remarks in a Sunday tweet, urging Trump to lift Iran sanctions “till the COVID-19 pandemic is over.”

“I want to appeal to President Trump on humanitarian grounds to lift the sanctions against Iran till the COVID19 pandemic is over,” Khan said.

Pakistan's prime minister added that at a time that “the people of Iran are facing untold suffering” the brutal sanctions that the United States has imposed on the country “are crippling Iran's efforts to fight COVID19.”

This is not the first time that Khan has urged the US to lift sanctions it has imposed on Iran on humanitarian grounds to ease the country's fight against new coronavirus outbreak.

Addressing a press conference on Friday, Khan also said that the United States should lift its "unjust" sanctions on Iran to help the neighboring country better deal with the health crisis.