Iran is demanding compensation for what it says are unlawful sanctions imposed by the U.N. for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment, the Mid-East nation’s foreign minister said in a letter. In the 20-page letter, Manouchehr Mottaki said Iran rejects the sanctions resolutions because the U.N. Security Council went beyond its powers, and its actions are inconsistent with the U.N. Charter. Mottaki said repeatedly in the letter that Tehran has answered all outstanding questions from the International Atomic Energy Agency and the IAEA. Foreign ministers of the six countries that have been in the forefront of efforts to ensure that Iran’s nuclear intentions are peaceful – the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany – issued a joint statement to coincide with the council’s adoption of a third sanctions resolution on March 3 reaffirming their approach. In his response, Mottaki singled out the United States, Britain, France and Germany, accusing them of pushing new sanctions for political motives and “providing false and erroneous information” to the IAEA concerning Iran’s nuclear activities. The letter offered a rebuttal to every paragraph of the latest sanctions resolution – saying it was illegal to freeze assets and ban travel of Iranians involved in the country’s nuclear programme, prevent equipment with both civilian and military uses from entering the country, monitor banks, and search suspected cargo.
IRAN WANTS COMPENSATION FOR UN SANCTIONS
Iran is demanding compensation for what it says are unlawful sanctions imposed by the U.N. for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment, the Mid-East nation’s foreign minister said in a letter. In the 20-page letter, Manouchehr Mottaki said Iran rejects the sanctions resolutions because the U.N.
