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March 1, 2013

Sanctions Are Blocking Medicine to Iran

Siamak Namazi, New York Times

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Patients in Iran are dying of treatable diseases because of shortages in life-saving medicines. The past year has been nothing short of catastrophic for the Iranian health-care sector: Imports from American and European drug makers in 2012 were down by an estimated 30 percent since 2011, and they continue to fall.

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