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US Loosens Sanctions On Medicine Sales to Iran

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has quietly revised some key aspects of the Iranian sanctions, allowing US companies to sell certain medical supplies to Iran. Samuel Cutler and Erich Ferrari write that while these steps could alleviate some humanitarian issues, in no way should this move be interpreted as a general easing of sanctions.

Al-Monitor
Oct 29, 2012
An Iranian man, who was injured in an Iraqi chemical attack during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, uses oxygen as he waits for a doctor at a government-sponsored medical gathering of visiting doctors in the city of Isfahan, 450 km (281 miles) south of Tehran, October 20, 2007. The doctors are in Isfahan to check on the health of the victims. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN)
An Iranian man, who was injured in an Iraqi chemical attack during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, uses oxygen as he waits for a doctor at a government-sponsored medical gathering of visiting doctors in the city of Esfahan, 450 km (281 miles) south of Tehran, Oct. 20, 2007. — REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

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