{"id":214135,"date":"2020-03-18T04:29:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T04:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/enwp\/?p=214135"},"modified":"2023-01-22T22:55:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T21:55:40","slug":"27575-us-slaps-new-sanction-on-iran-regime-calls-it-the-source-of-the-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27575-us-slaps-new-sanction-on-iran-regime-calls-it-the-source-of-the-coronavirus-outbreak-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"US Slaps New Sanction on Iran Regime, Calls It the Source of the Coronavirus Outbreak in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_214136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214136\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"US-Secretary-of-State-Mike-Pompeo-at-the-news-conference-Tuesday-March-17\" class=\"size-full wp-image-214136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/US-Secretary-of-State-Mike-Pompeo-at-the-news-conference-Tuesday-March-17.jpg\" alt=\"US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the news conference Tuesday, March 17\" width=\"800\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/US-Secretary-of-State-Mike-Pompeo-at-the-news-conference-Tuesday-March-17.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/US-Secretary-of-State-Mike-Pompeo-at-the-news-conference-Tuesday-March-17-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/US-Secretary-of-State-Mike-Pompeo-at-the-news-conference-Tuesday-March-17-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/US-Secretary-of-State-Mike-Pompeo-at-the-news-conference-Tuesday-March-17-696x367.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/US-Secretary-of-State-Mike-Pompeo-at-the-news-conference-Tuesday-March-17-796x420.jpg 796w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the news conference Tuesday, March 17<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Unites States\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-healthcare-coronavirus-iran-usa\/us-sanctions-iran-seeks-release-of-americans-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN2143EN\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">imposed new sanctions<\/a>\u00a0on the Iranian regime and urged the regime to release detained Americans, amid the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27509-the-coronavirus-crisis-in-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coronavirus outbreak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These sanctions were announced by the U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, during a press conference on March 17, blacklisting nine entities based in South Africa, Hong Kong and China, as well as three Iranian individuals, for engaging in \u201csignificant transactions\u201d to trade in the Iranian regime\u2019s petrochemicals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecPompeo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecPompeo<\/a> comments on the Iranian regime\u2019s misinformation campaign surrounding the Virus that originated in Wuhan and describes ways the United States continues to try to help the people of Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9eekimqxCW\">pic.twitter.com\/9eekimqxCW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Department of State (@StateDept) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept\/status\/1240295701780840448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Secretary Pompeo said the step included blacklisting Iran\u2019s armed forces social security investment company and its director for investing in sanctioned entities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Department of State is today also sanctioning nine entities based in South Africa, in Hong Kong, and in China, as well as three Iranian individuals, all for knowingly engaging in significant transactions for the purchase, acquisition, sale, transport, or marketing of petrochemical products from Iran, the world\u2019s largest leading state sponsor of terror,\u201d said Secretary Pompeo.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the Commerce Department said it will add six people &#8211; including five Iranian nuclear scientists &#8211; and 18 corporations to the U.S. \u201cEntity List\u201d for aiding Iran\u2019s nuclear program, Pakistan\u2019s unsafeguarded nuclear and missile programs, and Russian military modernization efforts.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, Secretary Pompeo said: \u201cIn response to Iran regime\u2019s unacceptable nuclear escalations, the Department of Commerce is adding five Iranian nuclear scientists to the entities list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Secretary Pompeo urged the Iranian regime to free U.S. citizens it has detained because of the coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, Secretary Pompeo said: \u201cI also want to call attention to the Iranian regime\u2019s misinformation campaign surrounding the origination of the Wuhan virus. Instead of focusing on the needs of the Iranian people and accepting genuine offers of support, senior Iranians lied about the Wuhan virus outbreak for weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Iranian leadership is trying to avoid responsibility for their grossly incompetent and deadly governance. Sadly, the Iranian people have been suffering these kinds of lies for 41 years. They know the truth: The Wuhan virus is a killer and the Iranian regime is an accomplice,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>While underlining that the U.S. government is prepared to help the Iranian people, but not the regime, Secretary Pompeo said: \u201cIn the spirit of humanitarian gestures, the United States also continues to call on Iran to immediately release all wrongfully detained Americans being held inside of that country. We will continue to hold the regime responsible for its terror and we will continue to assist the Iranian people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, the Unites States&nbsp;imposed new sanctions&nbsp;on the Iranian regime and urged the regime to release detained Americans, amid the&nbsp;coronavirus outbreak. 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