UNITED NATIONS -- Iran 
reaffirmed its support for Cuba at the United Nations General Assembly, calling for the immediate lifting of the decades-long U.S. embargo and condemning unilateral sanctions as unlawful measures that violate human rights, undermine national sovereignty and inflict suffering on ordinary people.
Gholamhussein Darzi, Iran’s ambassador and chargé d’affaires to the world body, denounced Washington’s economic blockade of Cuba and called for accountability and reparations for the damage inflicted on the Cuban people. 
“Over six decades of unilateral sanctions and blockade by the U.S. against Cuba constitute flagrant coercion against a sovereign and independent state, inflicting immense hardship on its people, undermining their fundamental human rights, and obstructing their development,” Darzi said.
He slammed Washington for intensifying the embargo under the pretext of promoting democracy, stating that its devastating humanitarian consequences contradict its stated objectives. 
“It is weaponizing democracy, not promoting it,” he said, stressing that no government has the right to dictate the political future of a sovereign nation.
Darzi called for the immediate lifting of the embargo and full reparations from the United States for the damage caused, adding that those responsible for maintaining the policies must be held accountable. 
“Not only must this decades-long, unlawful, and inhumane embargo be lifted immediately, but the Cuban people must also receive full reparation from the imposing State for all damages incurred,” he said.
He also emphasized Iran’s opposition to unilateral sanctions against all sovereign and independent states, including Cuba, drawing on Iran’s own experience with US aggression and economic coercion.
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