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Iran demands US pay $6.8bn for sanctions impact on patients ========== An Iranian court has ordered the United States to pay almost $6.8 billion in damages for the effect of sanctions on patients with a rare skin disease called epidermolysis bullosa. The trial began in November 2021, when 295 complainants, including patients, took 30 American officials to court for "having participated in the establishment of the sanctions." The US measures deprived these patients of medicines and ointments, leading to the death of about 20 people. The impact of the US measures on epidermolysis bullosa patients was cited as an example of over-compliance with sanctions by independent United Nations experts in October 2021. Washington had exempted humanitarian goods, especially medicines and medical equipment, from its sanctions, but international purchases of such supplies were obstructed by banks wary of conducting business with Iran. #Iran #Us #Sanctions #Patients #EpidermolysisBullosa https://www.brecorder.com/news/40312700