Rouhani: Iran to Render US Sanctions Ineffective

By Staff- Agencies

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani slammed the US' continuous blocking of almost everything to the country, including medicine and COVID-19 vaccine.

However, Rouhani assured that his government is doing its best to make the illegal US sanctions ineffective.

He made the remarks during a meeting of the national task force for fighting the coronavirus in Tehran on Saturday, days after Leader of the Islamic Revolution His Eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei advised the Iranian nation and officials to focus on neutralizing the sanctions instead of trying to secure their removal.

“The Leader called for rendering sanctions ineffective; we are doing this not on an hourly basis, but every moment during the process of exporting and buying goods from abroad.”

Iran has been under a series of sanctions imposed by the US since 2018, when President Donald Trump withdrew Washington from the landmark 2015 nuclear deal.

The Health Ministry will not allow the Iranians to be used for the testing of an invalid vaccine, he stressed.

Although the sanctions have hampered the import of everything to the country, including medicine and vaccines, "We will definitely overcome the problem and make the sanctions ineffective," Rouhani reiterated.

Over the past months, Iran has managed to reign in the coronavirus pandemic to a reasonable extent thanks to strict restrictions.

So far, 1,189,203 people have been infected with COVID-19 in Iran and 54,440 people have died.