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Iran to pursue legal action against US over medical sanctions

Tehran has struggled to contain the spread of the disease and accused Washington of cutting off access to a life support system.
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Iran will file a legal complaint with the International Court of Justice against US sanctions on its medical and health care sectors, according to an Iranian Health Ministry official.

The regime was blocked by the United States from access to life support systems and medical supplies in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, said Vice Minister of Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education Taher Mouhebati to state news agency IRNA at a virtual press conference. Documents for the suit have already been handed over to the vice president for legal affairs.

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