Sanctions and Medical Supply Shortages in Iran
Sanctions have unintentionally played a key role in creating shortages of life-saving medical supplies and drugs in Iran, according to a new report by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Siamak Namazi and several consultants interviewed Iranian importers, manufacturers, and distributors of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment as well as their Western counterparts. They found that Tehran’s mismanagement of the situation has aggravated the problem. But sanctions have created larger issues, including a bottleneck in banking facilities necessary for trade, and a scarcity of hard currency. The following are excerpts from the report, with a link to the full text at the end.
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