Rouhani: U.S. should lift sanctions if it wants to help Iran amid coronavirus

Rouhani: U.S. should lift sanctions if it wants to help Iran amid coronavirus
# 23 March 2020 19:03 (UTC +04:00)

The United States should lift sanctions if Washington wants to help Iran to contain the coronavirus outbreak, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday, adding that Iran had no intention of accepting Washington’s offer of humanitarian assistance, APA reports citing Reuters.

“American leaders are lying ... If they want to help Iran, all they need to do is to lift sanctions .... Then we can deal with the coronavirus outbreak,” Rouhani said in a televised speech.

Iran is the Middle Eastern nation worst hit by coronavirus, with around 1,700 deaths, over 21,000 infected people and one person dying from the virus every 10 minutes, according to the health ministry.

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