Coronavirus spreads. But don't panic! (topical thread)

[Hussein]

(PressTV) - Nine high-profile members of US Congress (Omar, Sanders, AOC, Warren, Pressley are among them) are calling on the Trump administration to end sanctions on Iran as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic.

The letter:

“Rather than continue to pile on sanctions in the Iranian people’s hour of need, we urge you to substantially suspend sanctions on Iran in a humanitarian gesture to the Iranian people to better enable them to fight the virus,” read the letter. “Sanctions relief should encompass major sectors of the Iranian economy, including those impacting civilian industries, Iran’s banking sector and exports of oil, and should last for at least as long as health experts believe the crisis will continue. Failure to do so risks inhibiting the delivery of key humanitarian goods, and putting the Iranian people into further health and economic peril.”