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Dying in silence
Sanctions imposed on Iran practically violated all four major elements
that had been emphasized with regard to essential medicines by
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Those four elements included availability, accessibility, suitability, and
guaranteed quality. However, due to shortage and scarcity of medicines,
high prices, and use of alternative medicines with severe adverse effects
and low quality, realization of those elements was not possible. Increased
parity of foreign currencies against Iran’s national currency, skyrocketing
of price of medicine, shortage of special medicines, increased price of
general medicines, and restrictions on issuance of visa to patients with
special diseases are just some examples of this human rights catastrophe,
which was brought about in Iran as a result of sanctions and caused many
patients to die in silence.
Although the crisis related to supply of medicines has ebbed in Iran and the
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