MNA � Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned the intensification of US economic sanctions and terrorism against Iran and its effects on the deaths of Iranian citizens with the coronavirus.

�@realDonaldTrump is maliciously tightening US' illegal sanctions with aim of draining Iran's resources needed in the fight against #COVID19�while our citizens are dying from it,� wrote Zarif in a Saturday tweet condemning Washington's anti-Iranian stances.

�The world can no longer be silent as US #EconomicTerrorism is supplanted by its #MedicalTerrorism,� he added.

On Friday, Zarif called for global and regional cooperation to fight against the deadly virus, saying, �Global & regional coop imperative. We either win together or lose together.�

According to the latest reports on Saturday, the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Iran has risen to 145 with 5,823 confirmed cases.