Iran rejects ‘fabricated news’ on partial removal of the illegal sanctions

Iran has dismissed as “news fabrication” recent media claims about a European initiative that calls for a temporary removal of the illegal US “non-targeted” sanctions on Tehran.

According to Press TV, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi, however, rejected the untrue claims as “fabricated news” that serves unknown goals.

“As far as it concerns the Islamic Republic of Iran, the unilateral US sanctions are illegal and cruel,” he added.

He said based on the multilateral nuclear agreement, named the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and UNSC Resolution 2231, which endorses the accord, “the US is duty-bound to lift and nullify all the sanctions it has re-imposed after its withdrawal from the JCPOA.”

Washington has, in recent months, stepped up its push to keep the UN arms ban against Iran in place through a UNSC resolution, threatening that it would use a provision in the agreement, which it left in 2018, to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on Iran if the UN body fails to extend the embargo.

The remaining signatories to the deal, even Washington’s own allies, have repeatedly reminded the US that it is no longer a party to the JCPOA since it withdrew from the multilateral agreement in 2018 and thus cannot use the provision to bring about a renewal of anti-Iran bans.

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