Iran brought about isolation, legal condemnation for US on world stage: Spokesman
The spokesman for Iran’s administration says not only did the Islamic Republic frustrate the US’s attempts to isolate the country and portray it as a source of security threat, but it also managed to bring about isolation and legal condemnation in the international arena for America itself.
“Through steadfastness and insistence on diplomacy instead of bringing about crises, we brought about moral isolation and legal condemnation for the US at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)’s and Security Council (UNSC)’s meetings as well as at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague,” Ali Rabiei told a news conference in Tehran on Tuesday.
He was referring to various addresses by Iranian officials, including President Hassan Rouhani, at the UNGA, where the United States has no veto power to fight off condemnatory endeavors.
Iran also succeeded, on two major occasions, against the US at the UNSC, once successfully fending off its bid to prevent the lifting of an arms embargo against the Islamic Republic, and then confronting an illegal drive by Washington to enable a so-called “snapback” of the Security Council’s sanctions against Tehran.
In 2018, the ICJ ruled on a case that had been raised by the Islamic Republic against the US’s illegal and unilateral sanctions, mandating Washington to suspend the bans. Earlier this year, the court that serves as the UN’s legal arm, also threw out an objection brought up by the US claiming that the tribunal did not have jurisdiction over the sanction case.
The US returned the sanctions under former president Donald Trump after leaving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a multilateral nuclear deal between Iran and world countries.
Washington took those steps in sheer disregard for the JCPOA’s multiparty nature and the fact that the deal has been ratified as a UNSC resolution.
“Today, we can say that attempts made by all the ill-wishers, who wanted Iran to fall apart and sought to destroy the people’s lives, are reaching their end,” the official said.
The Iranian administration managed to buttress the economy in the face of the American coercive measures and stand up to the new coronavirus pandemic as part of its campaign to confront America’s “maximum pressure” policy.
As an instance of the administration’s economic gains, he named its taking of the economy out of recession and increasing the rate of economic growth to 1.9 during the last year.
“We are certain that in the few months to come, the US will have no choice other than to succumb to the international peace process and end its oppression against Iran,” Rabiei said.
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