Iran says will retaliate against U.S. sanctions on chief judge

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Iran says will retaliate against U.S. sanctions on chief judge

 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (2nd L) speaks as parliament speaker Ali Larijani ( L), Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani (2nd R) and Head of supreme leader's office Mohammad Golpayegani attend a ceremony greeting the bodies of victims killed in Saudi Arabia during a stampede at the haj pilgrimage, at the Mehrabad International airport in Tehran October 3, 2015. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/Files

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday it would retaliate against sanctions imposed on its judiciary head by the United States as President Donald Trump stepped up efforts to 'fix' a nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers.

 

Trump said on Friday he would waive nuclear sanctions against Iran for the last time to give Washington and its European allies a chance to fix the "terrible flaws" of the 2015 nuclear deal.

 

Washington also announced sanctions against 14 entities and people, including the head of Iran's judiciary, Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani.

 

"The Trump regime's hostile action (against Larijani)... crossed all red lines of conduct in the international community and is a violation of international law and will surely be answered by a serious reaction of the Islamic Republic," Iran's Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by state media.

 

On Friday, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter on that Trump's decision undermined the multilateral agreement.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-01-13

[BuaBS]

Start by no USD for your oil .( oops , they already do that ). Get some support from NK to speed up making nukes & long range missiles.

[Tchooptip]

This picture of those middle age's ghosts leading the country is very scary

[stevenl]

4 minutes ago, Tchooptip said:

This picture of those middle age's ghosts leading the country is very scary

Yes, glad the USA has a young god at the helm.

[55Jay]

Retaliate often = hostile gun/missile boat activity in the SoH.  The last big "you crossed a line" retort involved a threat to sink a US Carrier in the Strait.

 

US sent a carrier through.  Not a peep.

 

Wonder what they'll come up with this time.