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Zarif Sends Letter to Guterres on US Sanctions, Unilateralism amid Pandemic

Zarif Sends Letter to Guterres on US Sanctions, Unilateralism amid Pandemic
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By Staff, Agencies

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to mention the threats posed by the US government’s illegal measures, such as its unilateral withdrawal from the JCPOA and its sanctions against Iran, a spokesman said.

In a post on his Twitter account, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Abbas Mousavi stated that Zarif has written the letter to Guterres on Friday.

In his letter, Zarif mentioned important tips about the US’ illegal withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal, the unilateral sanctions against Iran, the brazen, repeated and constant violation of the UN Charter, particularly the breach of Article 25, which have threatened the credibility and integrity of the United Nations as well as international peace and security, Mousavi said.

Zarif has been in contact with the UN chief since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

In a letter he sent to Guterres in March, Zarif denounced the US’ sanctions as a major obstacle to the Islamic Republic’s fight against the coronavirus and urged that such unilateral and illegal sanctions should end.

Zarif emphasized in the letter that despite Iran’s scientific capabilities and the commitment that the country’s health system has shown to the fight against the coronavirus outbreak, the sanctions on legal trade and the preconditions that the United States’ authorities have set recently in order to prevent the sale of medicine, medical equipment and humanitarian supplies have posed serious obstacles to the efforts to battle COVID-19 in Iran.

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