Iran presses other countries to refrain from implementing US sanctions
Iran’s Foreign Ministry warned on Friday that third-party nations must not comply with U.S. sanctions, stating that enforcing Washington’s unilateral measures makes countries complicit in an unlawful violation of sovereign independence.
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- Published Date: 03:48 PM 28 August 2026
Iran's Foreign Ministry said all countries were obliged to refrain from implementing U.S. sanctions against Tehran, adding that participation in them amounted to complicity in imposing one state's unlawful will on independent states.
In a statement published on its X account on Friday, the ministry described new U.S. economic measures as illegal and reprehensible "state terrorism" and a crime against humanity, saying they put the health and livelihoods of millions of civilians at serious risk.
It called on the international community to uphold the rule of law and said Tehran would use all its capabilities to defend itself against what it called a combined U.S.-Israeli military and economic assault.
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