Iran rejects US virus aid offer amid 'vicious' sanctions

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A handout picture provided by the Iranian Presidency on March 4, 2020, shows President Hassan Rouhani during a cabinet meeting in Tehran. (Photo by - / Iranian Presidency / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / IRANIAN PRESIDENCY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS === — AFP or licensors
A handout picture provided by the Iranian Presidency on March 4, 2020, shows President Hassan Rouhani during a cabinet meeting in Tehran. (Photo by - / Iranian Presidency / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / IRANIAN PRESIDENCY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS === — AFP or licensors

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani dismissed a US offer to help the country fight its coronavirus outbreak, charging that “vicious” American sanctions are depriving the country of medicine, AP reported.

“Those who have deprived the people of even medicine and food through sanctions, who have done the most vicious things [...] they appear with a mask of sympathy and say that we want to help the nation of Iran,” Rouhani said, in a clear reference to the United States.

A handout picture provided by the Iranian Presidency on March 4, shows President Hassan Rouhani during a cabinet meeting in Tehran. — AFP
A handout picture provided by the Iranian Presidency on March 4, shows President Hassan Rouhani during a cabinet meeting in Tehran. — AFP

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