“Fact: US sanctions do not apply to imports of food, medicine, and medical equipment or other humanitarian supplies. Iranian documents say that their medical companies can import test kits unhindered from January, ”she said in a statement.
On March 5, US President Donald Trump announced the readiness of the United States to help Iran in the fight against coronavirus infection. Then he noted that the country is "doing well."
On March 18, the Iranian embassy in Russia noted that US sanctions only contribute to exacerbating the humanitarian catastrophe against the backdrop of COVID-19 and impede the delivery of necessary medical equipment.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called strange and rejected US proposals for the supply of medicines.