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Iran’s campaign for the removal of sanctions is a smokescreen
Posted By Ran Porat on April 17, 2020 @ 12:45
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[1] campaign: https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/06/former-world-officials-call-on-us-to-ease-iran-sanctions-to-fight-covid-19?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=true
[2] economy: https://www.inss.org.il/publication/coronavirus-and-iran-economy/?utm_source=activetrail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=INSS%20Insight%20No.%201296
[3] an open letter to the American people: https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2020/03/21/2227643/in-letter-to-american-people-iranian-president-raps-sanctions
[4] claimed: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/03/iran-zarif-coronavirus-covid19-global-effort-sanctions.html
[5] said: https://www.firstpost.com/world/coronavirus-outbreak-us-sanctions-failed-to-hamper-irans-efforts-to-fight-covid-19-says-hassan-rouhani-8214851.html
[6] promised: https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih/status/1243286627511869448
[7] kick out: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/03/iran-doctors-without-borders-msf-coronavirus.html
[8] setting up a 50-bed field hospital: https://www.msf.org/msf-surprised-iran-put-stop-our-covid-19-response
[9] rejected: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/irans-khamenei-rejects-us-help-offer-vows-to-defeat-coronavirus-idUSKBN21909Y
[10] blaming: https://iranwire.com/en/blogs/26/6884
[11] stated: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-06/what-u-s-sanctions-mean-for-iran-s-coronavirus-fight-quicktake
[12] memo: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2020/04/05/should-the-united-states-lift-sanctions-on-iran-to-address-its-coronavirus-outbreak/
[13] Foundation for Defense of Democracies: https://www.fdd.org/
[14] asked: https://www.rferl.org/a/khamenei-okstapping-special-fund-for-flood-relief-as-last-resort/29881834.html
[15] failures: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-23/virus-at-irans-gates-how-tehran-failed-to-halt-outbreak
[16] increased: https://www.state.gov/irans-sanctions-relief-scam/
[17] more than US$16 billion: https://www.state.gov/khameneis-lies-about-the-wuhan-virus-put-lives-at-risk/
[18] diverted: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm553
[19] progressing: https://aijac.org.au/fresh-air/nuclear-watchdog-gets-serious-on-iran/
[20] monitoring: https://thebulletin.org/2020/03/one-potential-victim-of-coronavirus-nuclear-inspections-in-iran/