The US Has a Long History of Weaponizing Aid to Other Countries
(WorldNews Iran)

The spread of the coronavirus will not save Iran from sanctions, the U.S. cried. “Our policy of maximum pressure on the regime continues,” U.S. Special Representative for Iranian Affairs Brian Hook said, as the State Department added more sanctions on Iran, one of the countries worst hit by the pandemic. Iran had pleaded for an easing of sanctions, since U.S. sanctions are “severely hampering” Iran`s fight against the coronavirus. Intensifying the sanctions rather than easing them to allow Iran to fight the virus is a form of “medical terrorism,” according to Iran`s foreign minister Javad Zarif. Medical terrorism that locks a country under pandemic out from humanitarian aid is one way of...