Iran’s food distribution system is in crisis even though Western sanctions do not directly target the market, badly hurting the poor and turning some staples into luxuries.
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Sanctions’ ill effects
The Disappearance of Lifesaving Drugs On Vali Asr Street, in a lower-income district of southwest Tehran, a 30-year-old man storms out of a pharmacy. Arash, a bachelor with long hair and a substantial mustache, lives with his father, for whose heart medicine he has been searching fruitlessly.
Haemophiliac Iranian Boy ‘Dies After Sanctions Disrupt Medicine Supplies’
A teenage Iranian boy suffering from haemophilia has died due to a shortage of medicine in the country.
Iranian medical official chides UN over sanctions
The head of Iran’s Medical Council has written to Ban Ki-moon to protest against the UN General Secreatry’s “silence” in view of medical sanctions being imposed on Iran.
Iran sanctions ‘putting millions of lives at risk’
Western sanctions hitting import of medicines for diseases including multiple sclerosis and cancer, charity warns
Iranian Media Say Sanctions Taking Toll On Seriously Ill Patients
Sanctions imposed on Iran over its controversial nuclear activities are said to be taking a toll on the population, including seriously ill patients who find it increasingly difficult to access needed drugs.
Sanctions putting patients’ lives in danger
Head of Iran’s Special Diseases Foundation says international sanctions are threatening the lives of 6 million patients suffering from special diseases.
EU moves closer to new Iran sanctions
Senior European Union diplomats gave their preliminary approval to new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program on Friday, including major measures against the Islamic Republic’s banking sector and industry, an EU diplomat said on Friday.
UN Chief Says Sanctions Hitting Ordinary Iranians
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says ordinary Iranians are feeling the effects of international sanctions, including rising inflation and unemployment and a shortage of life-saving medicines.
200 Workers Laid Off at Electric Khodro Shargh Company (EKS) as a Result of Crippling Sanctions
The president of the Association of the Islamic Coordination Councils told ISNA that EKS has been forced to lay off 200 workers as a result of difficulties importing auto parts from France due to the sanctions imposed on Iran.