Namaki made the remarks in an interview with Iran Press on the sidelines of the weekly cabinet session.

“They have put pressure on all our financial transactions regarding medicinal drugs and are exerting pressure on all pharmaceutical companies to stop the sale of medicines to us,” he said.

Officials in Washington repeatedly claimed they would not stop the sale of medicines and food to Iran, but they have lied, and the flow of vital medicines has been stopped, the minister explained.

“We buy medicines in various unofficial ways and through brokers, of course, the medicines we buy are original, but with very limited and expensive resources, we never impose this expense on our people.”

Namaki stated, “We called on the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom, to intervene so that the voices of our oppressed people are heard and America’s bullying against Iranians is exposed.”

The minister asserted that the health of the people should not be the subject of politics.

“We hope that the pressure is lifted on the Iranian people, a nation that has fulfilled all its obligations,” he added.

President Donald Trump withdrew Washington from the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, in May 2018 and restored the previous sanctions against Iran and ordered new ones. Trump has described his government’s sanctions against Iran as “economic war”.

Tehran says sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) will prevent it from providing food and medicine to ordinary Iranian people.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said last month that the United States’ sanctions and economic war on Iran have targeted the ordinary people’s health and livelihood.

“There was a time when such warfare was used to simply limit the activities of some countries. However, new warfare of the United States and what Trump has called the ‘economic war’ have targeted the ordinary people’s livelihood and health,” the chief diplomat lamented.

Also on Monday, Zarif urged the European parties to the JCPOA to carry out their “minimal human duty” of selling pharmaceuticals to Iran.

“Instead of arrogant threats or hollow paper promises, E3/EU—and future INSTEX shareholder Sweden—should start with something very simple; a minimal human duty: Ask @molnlyckehc to SELL products enabling Iranian kids with EB to cover their wounds,” he tweeted.

“#EconomicTerrorism kills,” he added.

In another tweet, Zarif mentioned U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying, “@SecPompeo once again admits that US #EconomicTerrorism on Iran is designed to starve, and in the case of medical supplies, kill our innocent citizens.”

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TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran exports medicine to countries in Europe, Africa and Central Asia, the country’s health minister said.

In an interview with ICANA, Saeed Namaki said Iranian pharmaceutical producers have raised standards in their plants to the extent that the Islamic Republic has become a supplier of medicine in the global market. Iran News quotes the report.

“The export of medicine to African and Central Asian countries is in progress, particularly in the sphere of bio-similar and biologic pharmaceuticals,” the health minister said.

Namaki added that Iran has also begun to export medicine to Europe.

In comments last month, the secretary of Biotechnology Development Headquarter at the Iranian Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology said Iran is exporting bio-pharmaceuticals to several regional and overseas countries, unveiling plans to increase export revenue generated by the knowledge-based companies.

Mostafa Qanei said Iranian bio-pharmaceuticals were being exported to major customers like Russia, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Turkey, adding that plans are also underway to transfer Iranian bio-pharmaceuticals technology to Argentina.

Earlier this year  Iran Food and Drug Administration President Hamid Reza Shanehsaz has said “We are prepared to cooperate with Nicaragua in medicine export and share expertise in pharma production and control. There are good capacities in Nicaragua and they can help us in return.”

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As Sheibani added, despite US-led sanctions imposed on Iranian medicine sector, domestic producers are to showcase their capabilities and latest improvements in pharmaceutical industry in the event.

“Among the foreign participants, China and India, have a significant role,” he said.

The event is to be held from September 24 to September 26, at at Tehran’s Mosalla, covering an area of 35,000 sq.m.

IRAN PHARMA is the biggest pharmaceutical event of the MENA region and a hub for the regions market, with half a billion potential consumers.

“Germany and China have been the most active participants in the previous editions of Iran Pharma Expo, and in this edition, they have also showed keen interest in participating in the sectors of equipment and API and their loyal clients in Iran,” the event’s director, Leili Chegini said in mid-September.

The exhibition aims at presenting the latest achievements and innovations in pharmaceuticals and related industries; Introducing the existing capacity and potential in active pharmaceutical companies; Influencing the domestic and international pharmaceutical market; Connecting with domestic and international scientific research centers; and creating a platform for international trades in pharmaceuticals and related industries.

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It is the biggest pharmaceutical event of the MENA region and a hub for the regions market, with half a billion potential consumers.

“Germany and China have been the most active participants in the previous editions of Iran Pharma Expo, and in this edition, they have also showed keen interest in participating in the sectors of equipment and API and their loyal clients in Iran,” the event’s director, Leili Chegini said.

The exhibition aims at presenting the latest achievements and innovations in pharmaceuticals and related industries; Introducing the existing capacity and potential in active pharmaceutical companies; Influencing the domestic and international pharmaceutical market; Connecting with domestic and international scientific research centers; and creating a platform for international trades in pharmaceuticals and related industries.

The fifth Iran Pharma Expo will be held on 24-26 September 2019, at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla of Tehran.

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