As the threat of U.S. sanctions looms over Iran, it has decided to take the United States to International court arguing the legality of imposing unilateral sanctions against Iran after a unilateral exit from a multilateral agreement. The U.S. President Donald Trump announced in May that his country is exiting the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA), better known as the Iran nuclear Agreement despite protest from other partners including the European Union and announced that the U.S. would be re-imposing the sanctions on Iran and would make it the harshest ever.
In response to the U.S. action, Iran has filed a lawsuit in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which was confirmed by the ICJ itself. On Monday, Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif tweeted that his country had lodged a complaint with the ICJ over the United States' unlawful move to re-impose unilateral sanctions against Tehran.
After ICJ confirmed the lawsuit on Tuesday, U.S. state department announced that Iran’s lawsuit is baseless and the United States would counter it at the court hearings.
Since the JCPOA Implementation Day in January 2016, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been monitoring Iran’s compliance with its nuclear-related commitments under the nuclear deal and has consistently verified the Islamic Republic’s compliance. However, President Trump described the deal as one of the worst deals forged and it is to be not in favor of the United States.
