Iran has filed a complaint with the International Court of Justice against re-imposition of sanctions by Washington

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasmi announced on the ministry's website that the complaint was filed on Monday. Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Jawad Zarif said on Twitter that the complaint was aimed at "instructing the United States to illegally reimpose unilateral sanctions".

Zarif continues: "Iran respects the rule of law in the face of American contempt for diplomacy and legal obligations, the usual

complaint followed a Washington decision in May to withdraw from the nuclear deal signed with Iran in 2015 and reimpose sanctions.

Tehran says that the US, by its decision, violate international obligations, especially C & # 39; is the Treaty of friendship between Iran and the United States dating from 1955, before the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979, which is still mentioned in the existing judicial disputes.