The impact of economic sanctions on the lives of cancer patients in Iran

Western countries have taken the lever of human rights as a way to penetrate different countries in pursuit of their political goals and they constantly issue statements for the non-realization of human rights in different countries, including Iran, while actions and decisions They themselves are a clear manifestation of violation of human rights, which is the confirmation of this claim, the lack of medicine for cancer patients in Iran.Despite some statements and laws of the United Nations, today many world powers do not respect international principles and impose extremely cruel sanctions against other societies for their political and economic goals. A clear example is the sanctions imposed against Iran, which, due to their severity, the group of special and vulnerable cancer patients are affected earlier than any other group. This has led to very destructive physical and mental damage to the lives of cancer patients. Considering this, the main question of the article is what effects the sanctions imposed on Iran have had on the patients in recent years. Has the country had cancer? In response to the hypothesis of the article, it is emphasized that the economic sanctions against Iran have caused a shortage of imported drugs, lack of raw materials, lack of communication routes, especially by air for the transfer of drugs, currency effects caused by the sanctions on the price of drugs and the lives of patients have faced irreparable risks.