Medical Sanctions: Discriminatory and Criminal

By: Kayhan Int’l Staff Writer Despite Iran’s all-embracing cooperation with the IAEA and the P5+1, warmongers in the United States and Canada have come up with a new set of sanctions against Iran and its medical community.

Date: 01 June 2015 - 21:53

News ID: ۱۴۵۶۵

Under the expanded sanctions regime, the Medical Council of Canada says it has received notification from the ECFMG, as its source verification provider, that the ECFMG is not processing incoming and outgoing credentials issued by Iranian schools and institutions at this time.

ECFMG, based in the United States, is also assessing whether the current US law permits interactions with educational, healthcare, and medical licensing institutions in Iran.

Iran has criticized the new steps, saying ‘restricting the right of education, which is among the fundamental rights of humans, is an incorrect and discriminatory measure.’

This is while Iran and the group of six world powers have about one month to reach a comprehensive nuclear agreement. Officials in Tehran have already indicated they are open to the possibility of extending the talks beyond the June 30 deadline, so that there’s opportunity for negotiating if there are still points of disagreement that need to be worked out.

Unlike the past, the US and Canadian governments have offered no explanation for the new theatrics, which only leads us to the conclusion that their tough stance is just for show.

Nevertheless, the new coercive measures will prove to be counterproductive by any standards and will once again turn into further opportunities and achievements for Iran. This is because the Obama administration's limited kit of coercive tools has diminished for good.

The peace-haters have been powerless to edge Iran's rising influence in the Middle East. The American think tanks acknowledge that when President Obama leaves office, Iran will be a stronger nation than when he took office; Iran will be far closer to becoming a regional power; and Iran will be playing a much more prominent and constructive role in the region and the world than it was before Obama took office.

In a nutshell, the lest criminal measures are desperate moves at desperate times. They will not be able to coax Tehran into giving up its rights at the negotiating tables. Moreover, future sanctions will remain unsuccessful. Same as it ever was.