U.S.-Imposed Economic Sanctions on Iran in the COVID-19 Crisis From the Human Rights Perspective

One of the obvious impacts of comprehensive economic sanctions is on pharmaceuticals and supplies, which are essential elements of all functioning health systems. Observers report that comprehensive sanctions imposed on Iran are a barrier to Iran's coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) crisis and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Karimi, Abbas, Turkamani, Hojjat Salimi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
Materias:
XIII. Economic Sanctions: How They Affect the Health Care Systems of the Affected Territory
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8442125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34106781
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00207314211024912
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Sumario:One of the obvious impacts of comprehensive economic sanctions is on pharmaceuticals and supplies, which are essential elements of all functioning health systems. Observers report that comprehensive sanctions imposed on Iran are a barrier to Iran's coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) crisis and could impede Iran's access to coronavirus vaccines. In this minireview, we discuss COVID-19 and its human rights dimensions of U.S. sanctions on Iran. We believe fighting COVID-19 with limited resources during sanctions will produce a humanitarian crisis, and coronavirus is a convincing reason to lift the sanctions on Iran.

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