Iran calls US sanctions 'humiliation' to entire world, urges 'collective response'
Tehran (KNA) - Iran says the US sanctions against the country are a "humiliation to all international community," calling for a "collective response" to Washington's unilateralism to uphold the rule of law and prevent the US from undermining diplomacy.
The remarks were made by Iran's Ambassador to the IAEA Kazem Gharibabadi in his address to a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors on "Verification and Monitoring in the Islamic Republic of Iran in Light of United Nations Security Council resolution 2231 (2015)".
"In humiliation to all international community, the United States' most recent illegal and unilateral acts and sanctions brazenly and boldly disregard Security Council resolution 2231," Gharibabadi said Friday.
He said the United States not only blatantly defies the Security Council resolution 2231 (2015), but also audaciously and preposterously coerces other States to follow suit.
"These sanctions as well as their previous reckless acts are specifically designed 'to directly and adversely affect economic relations with Iran' by intimidating third parties and pressuring other States to abide by their political aspirations," he went on to say.
The Iranian envoy further referred to the US imposition of new bans as an illegal move that runs "counter to the well-established principles as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and as accepted by the community of nations such as the sovereign equality of States, non-intervention and non-interference in internal affairs of Member States and freedom of international trade and navigation."
"The irresponsible conduct of the United States necessitates a collective response by the international community in order to uphold the rule of law, to prevent undermining diplomacy and to protect multilateralism," Gharibabadi said.
Source: PressTV