US sanctions illegal as American arms used against Palestinians, Yemenis - Iranian FM
Iran has accused the US of hypocrisy and said that new sanctions
imposed by the US are illegal, as arms sold by Washington are being
used against people in Palestine and Yemen, the Iranian Foreign Ministry
has stated.
Iranian Foreign Ministry, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, says that Tehran will
continue to enhance its missile capabilities, despite Washington
introducing fresh sanctions, following a missile test by Iran in
October, Press TV reports.
"The US sanctions against Iran's ballistic missile program ... have no legal or moral legitimacy," Reuters cited Ansari as saying in a televised news conference.
"America sells tens of billions of dollars of weaponry each year to countries in the region,” Ansari said. “These weapons are used in war crimes against Palestinian, Lebanese and most recently Yemeni citizens.”
