The crippling of Iran’s economy has had severe consequences for its healthcare system.
![An Iranian kidney patient receives treatment at the dialysis ward at the Helal Iran Clinic in Tehran [AFP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/7a36e3c620384abea1efe2fb1a5d54ac_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Sammy Almashat, MD, MPH is a Preventive Medicine Physician and staff researcher at Public Citizen's Health Research Group in Washington, DC.
The crippling of Iran’s economy has had severe consequences for its healthcare system.
![An Iranian kidney patient receives treatment at the dialysis ward at the Helal Iran Clinic in Tehran [AFP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/7a36e3c620384abea1efe2fb1a5d54ac_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The recent interim deal offers little hope for humanitarian relief in Iran.
![Sanctions have affected severely the health care system in Iran [AP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014214125221682734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)