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March 20, 2020

No, U.S. Sanctions Are Not the Reason for Iran’s Coronavirus Crisis

The ayatollahs’ financial woes are the result of prioritizing terrorism over caring for their people.

Due to the ayatollahs’ gross mismanagement, COVID-19 has taken a particularly harsh toll on the Islamic Republic. Tehran’s propagandists, however, have claimed that U.S. sanctions have hamstrung the country’s ability to fight the disease and to obtain the necessary medical supplies for the task—an argument echoed in the American media and by former Obama-administration officials. But this is nonsense, write David Adesnik and Saeed Ghasseminejad:

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