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STORY: ICJ / US IRAN SANCTIONS
TRT: 0:56
SOURCE: ICJ
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 27-28 AUGUST 2018, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
28 AUGUST 2018, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
1. Wide shot, judges entering court
27 AUGUST 2018, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
2. Wide shot, judges at dais
28 AUGUST 2018, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
3. Wide shot, attendees being seated
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jennifer Newstead, Legal Adviser, United States Department of State:
“Iran’s nuclear ambitions pose a grave threat today, as they have for decades, to the United States and to the international community. Iran has proven its willingness to commit and to support acts of terrorism, and to pursue violent and destabilizing policies when it serves the regimes interests.”
5. Wide shot, courtroom
27 AUGUST 2018, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
6. Wide shot, Iranian delegation
7. Med shot, head of Iran’s legal team Mohsen Mohebi
28 AUGUST 2018, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
8. Wide shot, judges standing
9. Wide shot, people in attendance standing
10. Wide shot, judges leaving court
In response to a suit filed by Iran over nuclear-related sanctions, a United States official told the International Court of Justice today it lacked jurisdiction to hear the case.
Iran alleged on Monday the US was in violation the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights over sanctions it imposed against Iran. The US imposed the sanctions after withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed in 2015 between Iran, the US, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany.
Jennifer Newstead, Legal Adviser at the US Department of State, said the case was an attempt by Iran to compel her country to resume the implementation of the JCPOA. She said, “Iran’s nuclear ambitions pose a grave threat today, as they have for decades, to the United States and to the international community; Iran has proven its willingness to commit and to support acts of terrorism, and to pursue violent and destabilizing policies when it serves the regimes interests.”
On Monday, the head of Iran’s legal team Mohsen Mohebi told the Court that the Trump administration’s policy to re-impose sanctions against his country was nothing but naked economic aggression. He said the reimposition of sanctions had immediate damaging consequences for Iran and the Iranian people which is in clear violation of the Treaty of Amity.
