TEHRAN – Iran Will Not Ask United States For Help. Iran will never ask the United States for help in the fight against the coronavirus, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Monday.
According to details, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected offers from Washington for humanitarian assistance for Iran. The country is so far worst-affected by the coronavirus with 3,739 deaths and 60,500 people infected.
Iran Will Not Ask United States For Help.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Abbas Mousvi said this in a televised news conference that Iran has never asked and will not ask America to help Tehran in its fight against the outbreak. But America should lift all its illegal unilateral sanctions on Iran. They (the US) are trying to force Tehran to accept negotiations with America.
Tensions between the two countries have been running high since 2018. This was when US President Donald Trump quit the 2015 Nuclear agreement. Washington reimposed sanctions which have crippled the Iranian economy. Iranian authorities say US sanctions have hampered their efforts to curb the outbreak. Urging other countries and the United Nations to call on the United States to lift them.
Trump says the nuclear deal was not strong enough and wants to apply “maximum pressure” on Iran to accept tougher curbs to its nuclear programme, halt its ballistic missile work and end its support for proxy forces in the Middle East. Iran has long said it will not negotiate unless Washington lifts sanctions.