UN experts: US penalties on Iran are unlawful
Date
2/15/2023 2:49:45 AM
(MENAFN) The United Nation Human Rights Council declared on Tuesday that Washington's penalties on Tehran and their enforcement in third countries violate international law, quoting the findings of two special rapporteurs regarding Iranians with thalassemia.
“The legality of the US unilateral sanctions against Iran is doubtful under international law, and so is the legality of their extraterritorial enforcement,” In a statement, Alena Douhan and Obiora Okafor announced. Noting that “still companies outside the US feel obliged to comply to avoid facing legal or business repercussions.”
Okafor is a lone expert on human rights and international solidarity, whereas Douhan is the special rapporteur on the adverse effects of unilateral coercive actions on the enjoyment of human rights. They investigated how the unilateral United States embargo, implemented in 2018 as a result of Washington's withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement, has affected Iranians who have thalassemia, a congenital blood ailment.
Patients with thalassemia in Iran are "particularly high number," necessitating the use of specific drugs during blood transfusions. They were "denied to Iran" because of "fear in medical, delivery and insurance business sectors," according to the experts. They were produced by the Swiss firm Novartis with components acquired from the French company Roquette Freres.
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