As the Obama administration continues to weigh options for aiding earthquake victims in Iran, an ever more complex web of US sanctions is depriving Iranians with life-threatening conditions of the drugs and other medical products they desperately need, according to two letters obtained by Al-Monitor – one from the Iranian Hemophilia Society (IHS) board of directors, the other from a private Tehran bank's managing director.
Iranian Charity and Banker Say US Sanctions Hurting Patients
![An earthquake victim carries clothing and other items in the earthquake-stricken town of Azerbaijan in Iran, August 13, 2012. Rescue workers in Iran on Tuesday recovered more bodies three days after two powerful earthquakes struck the northwest of the country, killing more than 300 people, but officials played down reports that casualty numbers may still sharply rise. Picture taken August 13, 2012. REUTERS/Farshid Tighehsaz/ISNA (IRAN - Tags: DISASTER) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR A](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2012/q3/RTR36U5Z.jpg/RTR36U5Z.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=rF9IJZrX)
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