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‘US sanctions pursue hegemonic policy’

Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaei says recent unilateral sanctions imposed by the US against Tehran are an extension of Washington’s hegemonic policy in the Middle East.

On Thursday, the US imposed a new round of unilateral sanctions against Tidewater Middle East Company, which operates seven port facilities in Iran, the country’s state-owned airline, Iran Air.

The measure prohibits any transactions between American entities and the Iranian companies.

“These measures are a kind of deception tactic used to divert the attention of American citizens from the US government’s numerous failed and fruitless internal and foreign policies,” Mohammad Khazaei said in a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Khazaei described the US policies in imposing sanctions against civilians as a threat against a UN member state, and violation of Washington’s commitments according to the international law.

“The main objective of these measures is to deprive Iranian people of their basic rights such as transportation.”

The UN Security Council adopted a fourth round of sanctions against Tehran in June under intense US pressure, which claims Iran’s nuclear program may have potential military applications.

Shortly after the UN sanctions, the United States imposed fresh unilateral sanctions on Iran’s financial and energy sectors, encouraging other countries to abandon investment in the Iranian market.

Iran says that as a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency and a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, it has a right to use the peaceful applications of nuclear energy for electricity generation and medical research.

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