Iran's President Hassan Rouhani dismissed a US offer to help the country fight its coronavirus outbreak, charging that “vicious” American sanctions are depriving the country of medicine, AP reported.

“Those who have deprived the people of even medicine and food through sanctions, who have done the most vicious things [...] they appear with a mask of sympathy and say that we want to help the nation of Iran,” Rouhani said, in a clear reference to the United States.