[ April 20, 2024 ]
Iran has initiated a lawsuit within the International Court of Justice, ICJ, against the United States, hoping to win a reprieve from the harsh sanctions enacted by this White House administration.
The formal complaint was launched earlier this month.
The allegations?
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That President Donald Trump imposed too strict of sanctions and that in so doing, violated the terms of the international treaties.
From the Washington Free Beacon:
U.S. officials are fighting against a recently filed lawsuit by Iran in the International Court of Justice, or ICJ, that seeks to block the imposition of harsh new sanctions on Iran by the Trump administration, according to multiple U.S. officials who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon.
Iranian officials launched a formal complaint with the ICJ, a legal body established by the United Nations to adjudicate disagreements between member nations, against the United States earlier this month, alleging the reimposition of harsh new sanctions on Iran by the Trump administration violates international treaties created as a result of the landmark nuclear agreement.
Iran’s lawsuit is reportedly gaining traction at the ICJ, which sent an official letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo earlier this week urging him and the Trump administration to hold off on new sanctions amid an economic collapse in Iran that has ignited popular protests across the country.
Iranian officials lauded the latest development at the ICJ and lashed out at the Trump administration in public comments in which they formally rejected the U.S. president’s offers for a direct meeting. The war of words follows a tense few weeks between Trump and Iranian officials, which have sparked fears of a new regional war.
Trump administration officials working on the ICJ lawsuit told the Free Beacon Monday afternoon that Iran’s claims are baseless. Senior U.S. officials are now working to ensure the lawsuit is tossed from the court.
“We are aware of the application filed on July 16, 2018 by Iran in the International Court of Justice instituting proceedings against the United States,” a State Department official disclosed to the Free Beacon on Monday. “While I cannot comment on the specifics, Iran’s application is baseless, and we intend to vigorously defend the United States before the ICJ.”
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chair the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, celebrated the ICJ’s letter to Pompeo urging the United States to halt any new economic sanctions, calling the letter a “highly logical” step by the ICJ.
“The U.S.’s reinstatement of sanctions is against the international standards, because this country was obliged to lift all sanctions against Iran under the U.N. Security Council resolution,” Boroujerdi was quoted as saying on Monday in Iran’s state-controlled press. “Such unlawful act can be sued.”
“The Foreign Ministry’s move to file a lawsuit against the U.S. at the International Court of Justice was very logical, which was confirmed by the ICJ and a date has been set for its proceeding,” the Iranian official added. “I believe that we can succeed if we act from the position of power in advocating the rights of the [Iranian] nation. … If the U.S. is found guilty in the lawsuit, the least achievement for Iran is a political win.”
Iran alleges in the court filings the United States has violated signed international treaties dating back as far as 1955.
A second U.S. official who works on Iran issues told the Free Beacon the Trump administration will not fall victim to Iran’s threats of war and international protestations against new sanctions. The Free Beacon reported last month that Iranian officials have been working closely with their European counterparts to skirt new U.S. sanctions and keep trade open.
“There’s no way that Iran gets to pursue its ‘Death to America’ agenda but we’re not allowed to respond. That isn’t how international law works,” said the official, who was not authorized to speak on record about the situation. “The Iranians would be better off changing their illegal behavior, including their calls for the destruction of Israel which is a U.N. member state, and engaging President Trump on his offer of a better deal than pursuing these nonsense lawsuits.”
Iranian military leaders, responding to a series of tweets by Trump warning Iran against threatening the Unite States, have vowed to deliver harsh reprisals against U.S. interests in the region should the American administration take action.
“Not a night goes by when we don’t think about you in our sleep. Let me tell you, Mr. Trump the gambler… Let me tell you, … know that we are near you, in places that don’t come to your mind,” Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force said in recent remarks. “We are near you in places that you can’t even imagine. We are a nation of martyrdom. We are the nation of Imam Hussein. Ask around. We have endured many hardships.”
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33 Comments
5 years ago
SUES THE USA ???? IN WHAT COURT ???? THE UN COURT OF WHATEVER ????? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. SNORT, GASP !!! WE SHOULD NUKE EM BACK TO THE STONE AGE.
5 years ago
Reply to
Sgtsnuffy
They could also sue in US courts, although Trump would invoke the 11th Amendment.
5 years ago
Reply to
Ludlow Porch
Ludlow, I agree on the big nukes, but we could do some Neutron bomb testing there. It’s described in the Bible. Melts your flesh, not your stuff. Kind of like M&M’s for Muslims.
5 years ago
Reply to
Sgtsnuffy
My thoughts exactly….all those chuckles is a great way to start the day. Since when did the u.n. rule the U.S.?
5 years ago
They are upset Dems are not running US govt ! Dems were paid by Iranian lobbyists to support Nuke deal http://tinyurl.com/mcake4d
And their holdovers still support it.
5 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
Even Mad Dog supported staying in the agreement they were violating.
He has to be watched. Trump seems to have him under control and on a short leash.
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Mad Dog is simply not knowledgeable and certainly not reliable. He is tough though but that is not enough.
5 years ago
“We are a nation of martyrdom. We are the nation of Imam Hussein. Ask around. We have endured many hardships.”
Obviously, ireeeneeuhns have never faced scorched earth warfare, where every single man, woman, and child is put to the sword. That, unfortunately, is the only thing that a moslem can understand. Too bad they’ll be laid in a mass pit and burnt … right after they grasp that they erred.
5 years ago
The Iranian people must rise up against Islamic tyranny. I’ve known many Iranians from the pre ayatollah days and they are an industrious lot. While Trumpists are working from the outside (sanctions), the Iranians have to keep up the fight from the inside- protests. Those protestors are very courageous.
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Agreed, that we wouldn’t want to spend our resources on the people of ira n, not only the cost , but because of the different muz lim factions that are there.How would we be guaranteed that the people we are supporting with aid and military aid would be supportive of the west and Israel? How would we know if we are supporting the right population in ira n since they are a muz lim majority. They are a shi ti e majority and they too want their world dominating caliphate.
5 years ago
Reply to
MitchHill
Not all Iranians are devoted Muslims. In fact the majority of Iranians are non-muslims.
5 years ago
“Let me tell you, Mr. Trump the gambler… Let me tell you, … know that we
are near you, in places that don’t come to your mind,” Qasem Soleimani,
the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force said
in recent remarks. “We are near you in places that you can’t even
imagine. We are a nation of martyrdom. We are the nation of Imam
Hussein. Ask around. We have endured many hardships.” Oh really. So, since they are so ‘used’ to hardships, they won’t mind a few more rounds of them, courtesy of the U.S. gov. Perhaps Trump can respond to this stupid lawsuit with one from the U.S. We can sue the Iranians for all the billions the last occupier of the White House gave to them illegally.
5 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
Drop a M.O.A.B down his turban! Screw his law suit! MOAB #2 down his BVD’s! Bunker Busters for all of Iran! Yesterday would not have been soon enough! Put Rouhani’s balls in a zip lock bag and hand them to him!
5 years ago
Another reason to LEAVE the U.N. and these silly WORLD Courts.
Iran posturing to be a international law abiding country is terribly hypocritical.
They didn’t honor the agreement, hence the sanctions.
The U.S. is a sovereign national and this monkey court has NO jurisdiction over us
and the grounds are baseless. It shows the sanctions are working too!
5 years ago
on the left it is Trump Derangement Syndrome – how about calling on the right, Trump Amazement Syndrome? 🙂
5 years ago
The Iranian revolution just cannot come Soon enough!!!!
5 years ago
Reply to
Thomas Faddis
Almost agree, but with the stipulation that it stays in iran and involves NO American fighters…..Let the revolution begin.
5 years ago
Good rather drop some 500 pounder down there smoke stack.
5 years ago
Trump as godfather should make them an an OFFR they can’t refuse.
OVERWHELMING FORCE and FEROCIOUS RETALIATION!
5 years ago
DOCUMENTARY ON ISLAM IN THE USA PART 1 OF 2
https://www.bitchute.com/video/9Nfk4MqBXoey/
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND THE SOFT-JIHAD IN THE USA PART 2
https://www.bitchute.com/video/O8b5MtgTEzqV/
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN TURKEY AND GERMANY
https://www.bitchute.com/video/M5SV7XXrKu9E/
THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN FRANCE
https://www.bitchute.com/video/FCthViAU9YYW/
5 years ago
Your basic frivolous lawsuit. Someone call the waahmbulance.
5 years ago
Reply to
Drew the Infidel
Did you read the article? It doesn’t name the treaty, but they’re invoking the Treaty of Amity, which was signed with the Shah in 1955 and ratified by the Senate that year, making it technically binding on Trump (since he did not give 1 year’s notice).
5 years ago
Reply to
aemoreira1981
And just how strictly do they follow the particulars and dictates of the instruments they sign? Probably about like Stalin or Hitler who violated every damn one that bore their signature. That is called situational integrity.
Oh, wait, I see your reasoning, US bad, everybody else good.
5 years ago
ICJ is misspelled there, it stands for ICI, islamic court of injustice, providing the best show trials that oil money can buy.
5 years ago
Asshan Rouhani, will one day in the not so distant future, let his mouth overload his ass!
5 years ago
Islam is a political doctrine of war.
Islam in all forms needs to be banned by law (as the crime ideology it is) and rejected if the world/humans want to survive in peace on this planet. Muslims contribution to society in recent and the past 1,400 years has been murder and mayhem, based on emulating the life of Mohammed, a megalomaniac psychotic, “the perfect man” who was a pedophile, spread Islam by the sword, beheaded his enemies, sold his captives, etc. Many of Mo’s so called revelations were self- serving, money, sex, etc. Not to mention its sex-crazed suicide freaks dreaming of eternal, drunken orgies in Muslim paradise with 72 virgins that the martyr gets to violently deflower again and again. Islam is the greatest killing machine in the history of mankind, bar none. There are millions of Muslim soldiers all over the world who are all following the same playbook – the Quran – and the same ideology – Islam.
5 years ago
Persia was once a friend and ally to the United States under the shah…it is a great tragedy of history that the two nations are now enemies. 🙁
