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Iran calls US sanctions on paramilitary force ‘blind vindictiveness’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran calls new US sanctions against its paramilitary Basij group an act of “blind vindictiveness.”
“America’s new sanctions are a clear insult to international and legal mechanisms and a result of the American government’s blind vindictiveness against the Iranian nation,” foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi says.
He calls Washington’s “lack of adherence to international legal mechanisms” a threat not only “to the Iranian people’s interests but also the world’s stability and security.”
Yesterday, the US Treasury Department slapped sanctions on the Basij paramilitary group along with a network of more than 20 businesses that were providing it financing.
— AFP
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