Expanding U.S. anti-Iranian sanction lists unacceptable, against int'l law - Russian Foreign Ministry
MOSCOW. Feb 7 (Interfax) - Moscow is deeply concerned about the decision of the U.S. Departments of State and Finance of February 6 to add a number of Iranian and foreign organizations and citizens to the U.S. sanction lists, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"We have said repeatedly that such decisions contradict the spirit of the Geneva agreements, where it is stipulated in particular that Washington refrains from introducing new sanctions related to the nuclear activities of Tehran. We consider the step made to be unacceptable and that it contradicts international law. We also utterly resent any attempts to project the U.S. domestic legislation on third countries and to use sanctions against companies and private individuals of states fulfilling diligently the demands of the UN Security Council resolutions on the Iranian topic," the Foreign Ministry posted a statement on its website.