Dear editor,
In regards to a Korea Times editorial titled "United front against virus" published in the March 28-29 edition, we would like to share our point of view with the esteemed newspaper, as follow:
1. As you know, the dreadful coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading all around the world as a serious pandemic threat to human society. It is incumbent upon all countries to rise up unanimously against this calamitous malady, irrespective of all political differences and geopolitical distances, and cooperate in minimizing its devastating human, economic and social impacts.
2. In the meantime, along with re-emphasizing and aligning paragraphs: "Now they are required to put their commitment into action. This is easier said than done. But if they are only long on words and short on action, the world can never defeat the pandemic," we need to emphasize that in fighting the global crisis, in addition to speaking, we must also take serious actions to fight this global phenomenon.
3. Indeed, under circumstances in which the people of Iran are in need of international support and sympathy in their fierce and exhausting struggle against the spread of coronavirus, the U.S. government, unfortunately, has imposed economic pressure against the Iranian nation. And in an inhumane act, under circumstances in which all the countries of the world including Iran are facing and fighting with the human menace of coronavirus, the U.S. government is exploiting the situation caused by the spread of the coronavirus as a political tool against Iran and preventing the trade of medical and pharmaceutical items to Iran in the current situation.
The Iranian Embassy in Seoul
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