<span style="color: #222222;">Iran's foreign minister today demanded that United States immediately halt what he called a "campaign of economic terrorism" and lift sanctions, saying they have made it increasingly difficult for the country to export oil and import medicine and medical equipment, including to identify and treat coronavirus patients.<br />''<br />''Mohammad Javad Zarif in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that US sanctions have also left thousands of Iranians stranded abroad and severely disrupted air links with Europe.<br />''<br />'' He said it is "imperative" that the US immediately halt its campaign of economic terrorism against the Iranian people and lift all sanctions it has illegally imposed on his country, in violation of the Security Council resolution that endorsed the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six major powers which the US pulled out of in 2018.</span><br />