![AFP_1906W3 An Iranian man works at a drugstore at the Nikan hospital in Tehran on September 11, 2018. - Judges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague unanimously ruled Washington should remove barriers to "the free exportation to Iran of medicines and medical devices, food and agricultural commodities" as well as airplane parts. Iran produces 96 percent of the drugs it uses, according to the Syndicate of Iranian Pharmaceutical Industries, but imports more than half the raw materials to make them. (Photo by](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2018/11/GettyImages-1045004694.jpg/GettyImages-1045004694.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=o96SXgKa)
![AFP_1906W3 An Iranian man works at a drugstore at the Nikan hospital in Tehran on September 11, 2018. - Judges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague unanimously ruled Washington should remove barriers to "the free exportation to Iran of medicines and medical devices, food and agricultural commodities" as well as airplane parts. Iran produces 96 percent of the drugs it uses, according to the Syndicate of Iranian Pharmaceutical Industries, but imports more than half the raw materials to make them. (Photo by](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2018/11/GettyImages-1045004694.jpg/GettyImages-1045004694.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=o96SXgKa)
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![AFP_1906W3 An Iranian man works at a drugstore at the Nikan hospital in Tehran on September 11, 2018. - Judges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague unanimously ruled Washington should remove barriers to "the free exportation to Iran of medicines and medical devices, food and agricultural commodities" as well as airplane parts. Iran produces 96 percent of the drugs it uses, according to the Syndicate of Iranian Pharmaceutical Industries, but imports more than half the raw materials to make them. (Photo by](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2018/11/GettyImages-1045004694.jpg/GettyImages-1045004694.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=o96SXgKa)
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