Lucrezia Ciotti THEIran he replied to the new fines financial of the USA, calling them unjustified and illegal, as they target Iranian entities accused of exporting crude oil to China to finance Tehran's military activities.
Iran Reacts to New US Sanctions: 'Illegal and Unjustified'
“The decision of the new US government to put pressure on the Iranian nation preventing il Iran's legal trade with its economic partners is a illegitimate, illegal and violent measure", said the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Esmail Baqaei in a statement.
Iran then called the measure completely unjustified and contrary to international standards.
US decision on new sanctions
The sanctions target an international network that facilitates the shipment of millions of barrels of Iranian oil, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, to China, as reported by the USA.
This network, however, according to the US State Department, would be responsible for generating illicit income for the Iranian military, which uses them to finance groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.
In the last few hours, moreover, Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing fines against the International Criminal Court, the world's leading tribunal for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The American president justified the sanctions by accusing the Court of taking illegitimate and unfounded actions against the United States and Israel.