The spokesman for the Iranian International Ministry, Esmail Baqaei, strongly condemned the contemporary US sanctions in opposition to Iran and its overseas commerce companions as a violation of worldwide regulation and human rights.
In an announcement launched on Thursday, Esmaeil Baqaei denounced the US’ hostile, unlawful and anti-human insurance policies in opposition to the Iranian nation.
The contemporary merciless sanctions imposed by the US in opposition to Iran violate the elemental ideas of worldwide regulation, together with human rights norms, he stated.
“The sanctions which have been declared in opposition to the Iranian and non-Iranian people and firms on numerous pretexts through the previous latest days clearly illustrated the American policy-makers’ insistence on law-breaking, violation of the rights and pursuits of the opposite nations, and in addition their try to disrupt the pleasant and authorized relations among the many creating nations by way of financial terrorism,” Baqaei stated.
He famous that the sanctions mirror the failed and legal coverage of most strain in opposition to the Iranian nation and are one other clear signal of the US decision-makers’ contradictory strategy and lack of goodwill and seriousness in exercising diplomacy.
The spokesman additionally held the US accountable for the harmful penalties of the “paradoxical actions and provocative statements” from the American authorities relating to Iran.
Recalling the lengthy historical past of American enmity in direction of Iranians, Baqaei stated the financial sanctions and disruption to Iran’s scientific, financial and technological progress have resulted within the Iranian nation’s deep mistrust of the US.
The spokesman additionally reaffirmed Iran’s dedication to face in opposition to the US coverage of intimidation and strain and to make use of all instruments to press forward with plans for prosperity and dignity.
His feedback got here after the US imposed sanctions on entities it accused of being concerned within the illicit commerce of Iranian petroleum and petrochemicals forward of a brand new spherical of Iran-US negotiations.
The US State Division stated on Wednesday that it was imposing sanctions on seven entities based mostly within the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Iran that it accused of buying and selling Iranian petroleum and petrochemical merchandise. Two vessels had been additionally focused.
