Washington-Sana
Former US Vice President Joe Biden, a potential candidate for the upcoming Democratic presidential election, called for "easing" US sanctions against Iran to reduce the difficulties Tehran faces in tackling the Corona virus.
A statement issued by Biden last night, according to Agence France-Presse, said: "The United States should establish a channel devoted to banks and companies for work in Iran in addition to issuing licenses that enable Tehran to buy medicines and medical devices." He called for giving guarantees to relief societies not to punish them in If active in Iran.
Biden considered that the campaign of "extreme pressure" led by President Donald Trump against Iran, which includes comprehensive sanctions, has backfired and said: "In the midst of a global health crisis, it makes no sense to combine failure and cruelty by preventing access to the required humanitarian aid."
And Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said last Tuesday that the illegal blockade of Americans by his country in light of the Corona outbreak shows their folly because it is a global pandemic and must unite to contain it and limit its effects.
Biden pointed out that placing restrictions on the flow of international humanitarian aid artificially in order to score a "political point" will increase the threat that the Corona virus poses to the American people today and in the future.