Human Rights Watch blasts US refusal to lift Iran sanctions amid coronavirus
(WorldNews Iran)

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has strongly criticized the United States for its refusal to lift sanctions on Iran amid the new coronavirus outbreak. The report was published by the New York-based organization on Monday asserted that international law obliges any country imposing sanctions on another to `consider the impact on the human rights of the affected population, especially regarding their access to goods essential to life, including medicines and food.` The broad bans `are negatively affecting the Iranian government´s ability to...