Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has called on the US to lift sanctions on Iran so it can focus on winning the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.
“I would stress and insist to the international community to lift the sanctions on Iran,” Khan said at a press conference on Friday regarding the coronavirus outbreak.
“It is very unjust they are dealing with such a large outbreak on one side, and on the other they are facing international sanctions,” he told reporters in Islamabad.
The number of corona-infected patients has reached around 245000 worldwide, while around 10,000 people have died. So far 86000 people have fully recovered. Most of the lives have been in Italy. In Germany, 3000 new cases of corona have been reported in 24 hours.
On Friday, 149 more people have died in Iran.
So far 1,433 people have died in Iran. Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi has given this information. At the same time, 1,237 new cases of corona virus have been reported in the last 24 hours, thus 19,644 cases of corona virus have been reported in Iran.