US sanctions threaten lives of Iranian EB patients
Saman Kojouri
Press TV, Tehran
Iran’s Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian has paid a visit to EB house, an NGO supporting patients suffering from a rare skin disorder that causes the skin to become fragile known as Epidermolysis Bullosa.
During the visit which came on the occasion of the EB awareness week, Iran’s top diplomat said imposing unilateral sanctions have become a modern tool for the US to violate human rights.
The Swedish company Molnlycke Health Care has refused to sell Iranian EB patients medical care items they needed, including Mepilex dressings. Several children in Iran who suffered from Epidermolysis Bullosa lost their lives due to the lack of urgently needed medical equipment and some others were hurt by severe physical injuries, including amputation.
Many human rights groups have criticized the US for cutting off banking ties with Iran through threatening the international banks with punitive fines by the US Department of Treasury which has resulted in cutting Iranian patients' access to necessary medical items.
Tens of Iranian EB patients– mostly children– have died since Swedish company Mölnlycke stopped selling its dressings to Iran; since then, for EB survivors, the pain has increased by 70 percent.
Iran says the West is taking revenge on Iranians by waging a campaign of genocide against patients, believing that sanctions have become a backbone for the so-called American human rights regulations.
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