INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations, Majid Takht Ravanchi, on Thursday urged the UN Security Council to hold some states
accountable for employing economic sanctions against civilian populations in other countries.
Iran has been the target of U.S
accountability and justice for egregious violations of international law.Takht Ravanchi stated that the United States' economic and
financial sanctions against Iran jeopardize the lives of Iran's most vulnerable citizens.In 2018, the United States pulled out of a historic
nuclear deal with Iran and other international powers, resuming the unlawful and unilateral sanctions that the agreement had suspended.In
the same year, Iran took the case to the International Court of Justice, which unanimously granted a preliminary judgment forcing Washington
to eliminate any prohibitions on humanitarian commodities imports into the Islamic Republic.During the debate, Takht Ravanchi said,
humanity.According to the Iranian ambassador, constraints on medicine and medical supplies have resulted in the deaths of certain Iranian
patients, including children, as a result of the sanctions.The envoy added that the UNSC has failed to appropriately address several severe
