Former world officials call on US to ease Iran sanctions to fight Covid-19

<div><p>Group of former diplomats and ministers says shifting rules on medical trade could save hundreds of thousands of lives</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/coronavirus-live/latest">Coronavirus – latest updates</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/coronavirus-outbreak">See all our coronavirus coverage</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/coronavirus-at-a-glance/latest">Coronavirus latest: at a glance</a></li></ul><p>A group of 24 senior diplomats and defence officials, including four former Nato secretary generals, have urged Donald Trump to save “potentially hundreds of thousands of lives” lost to coronavirus across the Middle East by easing medical and humanitarian sanctions on Iran.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/31/us-ignores-global-appeals-suspend-sanctions-coronavirus-pandemic-iran-venezuela">US ignores calls to suspend Venezuela and Iran sanctions amid coronavirus pandemic</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/06/former-world-officials-call-on-us-to-ease-iran-sanctions-to-fight-covid-19">Continue reading...</a></div>