Tehran 0
14 December 2019

The U.S. Secretary of Treasury indicated that “the reason why we’re using sanctions is because they are an important alternative for world military conflicts. And I believe it’s worked”. Iran’s diplomatic spokesperson subsequently took to Twitter and stated: “[the] truth is: ‘Sanctions’ are the war itself. It is indeed the economic war and worse than that, the economic terrorism which unfairly targets civilians especially children, the elderly and the sick”.

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