美國與伊朗結束1955年條約
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday the United States has ended a treaty with Iran after the highest U.N. court ordered Washington to remove sanctions on Tehran that limit imports of humanitarian goods.
The International Court of Justice ordered the United States to lift sanctions on Iran involving medicine, food and airplane parts in the latest step in a legal battle over measures the Trump administration put back in place earlier this year.
Pompeo announced the termination of a 1955 treaty that established economic relations and consular rights between the two countries.
"This is a decision, frankly, that is 39 years overdue," Pompeo said at a Washington news conference. "Iran is attempting to interfere with the sovereign rights of the United States to take lawful actions necessary to protect our national security. And Iran is abusing the ICJ for political and propaganda purposes."
Iran had complained to the International Court of Justice about the United States' move to reimpose sanctions that had been lifted under the 2015 international nuclear agreement violated the 1955 agreement.
The U.S. had argued its national security concerns were sufficient to impose the sanctions, a move that came after President Donald Trump in May declared Iran non-compliant with the nuclear deal that had brought sanctions relief in exchange for limiting Iran's nuclear program.美國國務卿蓬佩奧週三表示，在聯合國最高法院裁決華盛頓應取消對德黑蘭限制人道主義物資進口的制裁後，美國已終止與伊朗的條約。
聯合國法院下令美國解除對伊朗的制裁涉及藥品、食品和飛機零件等。這一裁決是伊朗針對特朗普政府今年早些時候重新實施的制裁所進行的法律鬥爭的最新進展。
蓬佩奧宣佈終止與伊朗1955年的條約，該條約確立了兩國間的經濟關係和領事權限。
蓬佩奧在華盛頓的新聞發佈會上說：“這是一個直截了當、已經推遲了39年的決定。”他說， “伊朗試圖干涉美國的主權，我們採取必要的合法行動來保護我們的國家安全。伊朗正爲了政治和宣傳目的濫用國際法庭的。”
伊朗向國際法院提出申訴，指控美國重新實施在2015年國際核協議下取消的制裁違反了1955年的條約。
美國則迴應，對於國家安全的擔憂足以實施制裁，此舉是在特朗普總統5月份宣佈伊朗不遵守核協議之後提出的，該協議爲換取限制伊朗的核計劃而取消對伊朗的制裁。
