Washington: The US said on Monday that American can donate food and medicine to Iran without fear of prosecution after two earthquakes killed hundreds of people and injured many others in the country.
President Barack Obama’s administration has offered US assistance to Iranian quake victims, despite its campaign of economic sanctions against the regime over its contested nuclear programme, AFP reported.
“Our hearts go out to those people who are affected,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters.
“Americans wishing to provide humanitarian assistance to Iranians during this time may donate food and medicine without obtaining an Iranian transactions regulations license.
Nuland said that “certain non-commercial personal financial transactions” to Iran remained legal.
Officials said the earthquakes in northwestern Iran killed 306 people, most of them women and children, leading to fears of a disease outbreak.
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