Coronavirus outbreak: A retest for US human rights claims.

The spread of the deadly coronavirus across the most parts of the globe has forced the government and people of different countries to redouble their efforts to bridle this killer virus. The governments are trying to allocate special funds not only for controlling this virus but also for limiting the economic losses resulting from the viral outbreak. Unfortunately, Iran is one of the countries where most of the deaths resulting from Coronavirus have been reported so far. The government and the defence forces of the country are struggling round the clock to control the virus. But here, in this case, there exists a big difference between my nation's efforts and those of the other nations across the globe, and this difference is that the Iranian nation is suffering pain under the hardest and the most dastardly act of economic and medical terrorism of the history

which has been imposed illegally since May 2018 by the United States of America in violation of the UN Security Council Resolution No.2231. Although Iran's medical equipment, medics, paramedics, nurses and other health experts are among the best in the world, but their efforts for diagnosis and treatment of the virus affected people , controlling the outbreak and ultimately defeating the virus has hit a barrier laid down by the Trump administration. In this circumstance , the nation will not only have to fight against coronavirus but also against the government which contrary to its huge ( read : hollow ) claims about human rights, does not give even a little importance to the primary principle of human right including the right to health and safety. Despite being confident that my Pakistani brothers and sisters are fully aware of the oppressive behavior of the Trump administration, here I want to point out the two dimensions of this tyranny for bringing it into record. The first dimension of the illegal sanctions imposed by the Trump administration has made it extremely hard and limited for Iran to export oil and goods, earn foreignexchange through these exports and import various itemsneeded by the country. This limitation has resulted into weakening of the public and private sectors who areresponsible for provision of medical goods and services

and cure for the people of Iran. This restriction has badly curtailed my country's potential towards ensuring the basis for the survival of its people, and certainly itcompletely contradicts the basic principle of the human rights. The second...

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