Publish Date: 24 March 2020 - 11:09

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio held a phone conversation Tue. on the outbreak of novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, and sympathized with the two nations over the death of Iranian and Italian nationals caused by the coronavirus global pandemic.

Considering the persistence of the United States on the continuation of inhuman, illegal and unilateral sanctions against the Iranian people, Foreign Minister Zarif emphasized the need for stopping and non-observing US cruel sanctions imposed against Iranian people.

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