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Coronavirus doesn’t justify general US sanctions relief for Iran

By Tom Rogan

Published April 7, 2020 5:47pm ET

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Coronavirus doesn’t justify general US sanctions relief for Iran — In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with government officials in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Iran's supreme leader is criticizing the U.S. over its hard-line stance toward the country since President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from a landmark nuclear deal with Western powers. | (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

The United States should take some steps to help Iran address its catastrophic coronavirus situation. But that should not include general sanctions relief.

Sanctions relief would undermine critical American security interests and empower elements of the Iranian regime that have nothing to do with public health and everything to do with regional violence and killing Americans.

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