March 09, 2020
Coronavirus: The Deadly New U.S.-Iran Standoff
Source: The National Interest
Journalist: Matthew Petti
The official COVlD-19 death toll in Iran has risen to 237 people today as the U.S.-Iranian diplomatic standoff continues to slow down international cooperation to fight the new coronavirus disease.
The Trump administration quietly loosened sanctions on the Iranian banking system to allow for humanitarian trade and offered the Iranian government help in dealing with COVID-19 at the end of February. But the diplomatic breakthrough was short-lived, as Iran has rejected the U.S. offer and U.S. sanctions continue to throw up obstacles in the path of Iran’s pandemic response.
Read the full article and more in The National Interest.
Author
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Peter Harrell
Former Adjunct Senior Fellow, Energy, Economics and Security Program
Peter Harrell is a former adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. He is a leading expert on U.S. economic statecraft, including sanctions, export cont...
