Life Sanctions

In 2012, the United States and the European Union imposed sanctions on Iran. These sanctions on the banking sector effectively hindered the import of medicine to the country. As a result, the fate of six million Iranian patients suffering from special diseases such as cancer, thalassemia, hemophilia, hepatitis, multiple sclerosis, diabetes etc. have been put at stake.
Over the past two years, a silent war has been waged on the Iranian people as the country has faced the toughest, most comprehensive US-led sanctions to date. The sanctions target Iran’s oil exports, shipping, airlines, petrochemical and automotive industries, banking system and currency, which means they target the people. Medical patients and their families, however, have had more to be concerned about because of significant shortages of medicines. In this movie we will see how the sanctions and shortage of medicine affected the life of one of Iran’s renowned artists.


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