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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Maziar Motamedi

UN rapporteur calls for an end to sanctions against Iran

Sanctions have negatively affected Iran's economy [File: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters]

Tehran, Iran – A special United Nations rapporteur has called for the removal of unilateral sanctions on Iran in a report that details the effect of decades of embargos on the country.

In the report, published on Monday, Alena Douhan, whose role is focused on the negative result of the sanctions, said that they had affected nearly every aspect of life in the country, and called for them to be lifted.

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