TEHRAN -- Health minister Bahram Einollahi on Wednesday denounced unilateral U.S. sanctions against Iran as “inhumane,” noting that the embargos have had a “destructive” impact on the resilience of the country’s healthcare sector.
“Coercive, unilateral and inhumane sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran have had destructive effects on some pillars of the resilience of Iran’s health system and, in particular, it has restricted the access to essentials needed to control pandemics,” he told the 69th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean in Cairo.