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[ Last Update: Thursday, 04 February 2021 10:53 AM ] Iran s President Hassan Rouhani is seen during a video conference inaugurating five industrial projects in Zanjan Province on February 4, 2021. (Photo by president.ir)
President Hassan Rouhani has congratulated Iranians on their “shining victory” against the United States at the UN’s top court, saying the World Court’s recent verdict on Tehran’s case against US sanctions demonstrates the Iranian nation’s grandeur in the face of the superpower.
Rouhani made the remarks on Thursday, one day after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that it can take on Iran’s bid to overturn illegal US sanctions, which were re-imposed by former president Donald Trump in May 208 after he pulled Washington out of a nuclear deal with Tehran and and world powers.
Iran applauds victory over US at International Court of Justice
Iran applauds victory over US at International Court of Justice
Tehran, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) Iran applauded on Friday the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in The Hague, against a preliminary objection filed by the United States against the Islamic Republic.
FARSI agency reproduced President Hassan Rouhani s congratulations to his compatriots for the ICJ s rejection to the US appeal over an Iranian lawsuit for violating the Friendship Treaty signed in 1955 by Tehran and Washington.
The ICJ ignored Washington s arguments about the lawsuit filed by Tehran in 2018, after the United States withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or nuclear deal and reinstated sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
US ‘disappointed’ as UN court takes up Iran’s case against sanctions Thursday, 04 February 2021 8:41 AM
[ Last Update: Thursday, 04 February 2021 5:06 PM ] US State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a news briefing at the State Department in Washington on February 3, 2021. (Photo by AFP)
The new US administration says it is “disappointed” after the UN’s highest court rules that it can hear a case brought by Iran against illegal American sanctions, despite President Joe Biden’s criticism of his predecessor for reinstating the bans on the Islamic Republic after leaving a 2015 nuclear deal.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) also known as the World Court rejected the arguments made by Washington that the lawsuit was outside the jurisdiction of the tribunal.
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