US’ illegal
unilateral sanctions on
Top
United Nations Experts Wrote A Letter To The
They
emphasize that the
Top
United Nations experts have criticized US government sanctions for violating
the human rights of Iranians.
They made
it clear that the unilateral coercive measures that the
A group
of UN special rapporteurs stressed that these sanctions have a “negative impact”
on “the enjoyment of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
in the Islamic Republic of Iran and on the right to health and the right to
life.”
Violating
Iranians’ right to life is a roundabout diplomatic way of saying that US
sanctions are killing them.
The UN
experts sent a formal letter to the
The
special rapporteurs expressed their “serious concerns about the
They
added that “
But
“It is
time for sanctions that impede
The UN
special rapporteurs noted:
Since 1979,
the United States of America has imposed a broad and complex network of
stringent financial, economic, and trade sanctions against Iran, including a
comprehensive trade ban, significant measures to isolate Iran from the
international financial and commercial system, as well as secondary sanctions
against non-U.S. parties that engage in dealings with Iran.
Some (but
not all) of these sanctions were removed or eased in 2015, when US President
Barack Obama signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the nuclear
agreement with Iran that was also joined by the other permanent members of the
UN Security Council (Britain, France, China, and Russia), Germany, and the
European Union.
In 2018,
The UN
experts noted that the Trump administration not only re-imposed “sanctions that
had been lifted or eased under the JCPOA”; it also “introduced additional
measures. These sanctions targeted
US
threats of secondary sanctions on foreign countries and firms that do business
with
The full
impact of the
The
primary author of this letter, the top UN expert on sanctions, Alena Douhan,
has previously released reports detailing the catastrophic impact that illegal
She said
these “outrageous”
The
letter concerning US sanctions on
Alena
Douhan, special rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive
measures on the enjoyment of human rights
Richard
Bennett, special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in
Ian Fry,
special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the
context of climate change,
Tlaleng
Mofokeng, special rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the
highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Livingstone
Sewanyana, independent expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable
international order
Obiora C.
Okafor, independent expert on human rights and international solidarity
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