Iran's foreign minister said In a letter to the United Nations
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, that
his country will take "every lawful measure" against a court ruling
that allows the seizure of parts of Iran's assets in the United
States, Press TV reported on Friday.
Iran reserves the right to respond to the decision made by the
U.S. Supreme Court, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote in
the letter on Thursday.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran holds the United States government
responsible for this outrageous robbery, disguised under a court
order, and is determined to take every lawful measure to restore
the stolen property," the letter was cited as reading.
Zarif urged the UN chief to press Washington to release all
frozen Iranian assets in the U.S. banks.
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the transfer of nearly
two billion U.S. dollars to the American victims of terrorist
attacks, including the 1983 truck bombing of a Marine Corps
barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.
Investigators of the court concluded that Iran was responsible
for that attack, which Iran has denied.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari has said
that "the U.S. court ruling has mocked (international) law," and
"amounts to appropriation of the Islamic Republic of Iran's
property in the United States."
The assets belong to the Central Bank of Iran, which have been
blocked under the U.S. sanctions. Endited
Source: xinhuanet
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