Americans can donate food and medicine to Iranian quake victims without violating sanctions, the US says, seeking to contrast its harsh treatment of the regime with its offer of aid to the people.
“Our hearts go out to those [Iranians] who are affected,” State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said Monday. The Iranian government raised the death toll in Sunday’s quakes to 306, with many villages totally wiped out.
Source:
The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2012/0813/Responding-to-quakes-US-seeks-path-to-Iranian-hearts-and-minds
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