Europe sends medical goods to Iran in trade test
The German Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the medical goods were now in Iran
FILE PHOTO - A member of a the medical team wearing a protective face mask is reflected as he sprays disinfectant liquid to sanitise a bus station, following the coronavirus outbreak, in Tehran, Iran March 5, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS
France, Germany and Britain have exported medical goods to Iran in the first transaction conducted under a trade mechanism set up to barter humanitarian goods and food after the US withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear deal, Germany said on Tuesday.
The German Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the medical goods were now in Iran and added that the Instex trade mechanism and its Iranian counterpart would now work on more transactions and on enhancing the system.
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