As sanctions over Iran’s disputed nuclear program have intensified over the past year, reports have documented the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Iran. Medicine, in particular, is in short supply across the country, with drugs produced in the United States and European Union the most difficult to find.
Currently, Iranian authorities are blaming the international sanctions for the death of 15-year-old hemophiliac Manouchehr Esmaili-Liousi, who died in a hospital in southwestern Iran after his family was unable to find medicine needed to treat his condition. According to Ahmad Ghavidel, the director of Iran's hemophilia society, 75% of hemophilia drugs are produced in the US and EU.
