{"id":38448,"date":"2019-04-02T08:24:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T08:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=38448"},"modified":"2019-04-02T08:24:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T08:24:06","slug":"iran-says-us-sanctions-impeding-flood-rescue-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=38448","title":{"rendered":"Iran says US sanctions impeding flood rescue operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-io-article-url=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1476411\/middle-east\" readability=\"42.7890499195\">\n<p>\nTEHRAN: Iran\u2019s foreign minister says US sanctions re-imposed by the Trump administration last year have been the major obstacle to successful rescue efforts for flood-stricken areas of Iran.<br \/>Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted late Monday that America\u2019s \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d policy on Iran \u201cis impeding aid efforts by #IranianRedCrescent to all communities devastated by unprecedented floods.\u201d<br \/>He says the sanctions have prevented Tehran from getting badly needed equipment, including relief helicopters. \u201cThis isn\u2019t just economic warfare; it\u2019s economic TERRORISM.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" readability=\"6.31818181818\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> \u2018s &#8220;maximum pressure&#8221;\u2014flouting UNSC Res 2231 &#038; ICJ ruling\u2014is impeding aid efforts by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranianRedCrescent?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranianRedCrescent<\/a> to all communities devastated by unprecedented floods. Blocked equipment includes relief choppers: This isn&#8217;t just economic warfare; it&#8217;s economic TERRORISM. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EEKTMiXLEi\">pic.twitter.com\/EEKTMiXLEi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Javad Zarif (@JZarif) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JZarif\/status\/1112792501872672770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Iran has been facing major flooding that killed 45 people. Local authorities have repeatedly asked for more helicopters to reach remote areas.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nState media say the floods have struck hundreds of villages as well as towns and cities in the western half of the country. In some parts, an emergency has been declared.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN: Iran\u2019s foreign minister says US sanctions re-imposed by the Trump administration last year have been the major obstacle to successful rescue efforts for flood-stricken areas of Iran.Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted late Monday that America\u2019s \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d policy on Iran \u201cis impeding aid efforts by #IranianRedCrescent to all communities devastated by unprecedented floods.\u201dHe says the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":38449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle_east_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}