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Rebuking the Trump administration, the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Wednesday ordered the United States to relax certain sanctions against Iran, including those relating to the provision of humanitarian goods and the security of civil aviation.
The interim decision was made in response to a call from Tehran following President Trump's announcement in May of his intention to withdraw the United States from the 2015 international agreement limiting Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Washington is likely to challenge the decision. The court, sometimes called the World Court, is the highest court of the United Nations. He has no formal power to enforce his decisions and the United States has long ignored his decisions.
Iran has sued the United States in the International Court of Justice as part of a new, albeit dubious, strategy to cancel the new series of sanctions, which began to hurt the already struggling Iranian economy.
Mr. Trump had long despised the 2015 agreement, stating in a speech to the White House: "It was a horrible unilateral agreement that should never have been reached. It did not bring calm, it did not bring peace, and it will never be. "
In the latter case, Iran argued that the re-imposition of sanctions by the United States was contrary to the 1955 friendship treaty between Tehran and Washington, long before the 1979 revolution that led to a freeze. relations between countries.
But the United States argued that the international court was not competent in the case.
The court said on Wednesday that Washington should ensure that its sanctions do not limit Iran's exports of drugs and medical equipment, food and agricultural products, as well as spare parts and equipment necessary for the security of the country. civil Aviation.
