Islamabad is not required to comply with Western sanctions against Iran
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency, “Hina Rabbani Kahar”, the head of the Foreign Relations Commission of the Pakistan Parliament, in a television interview in Islamabad, strongly criticized the unilateral sanctions of the West. against Iran, said that Islamabad is not required to comply with these sanctions.
Rabbani, pointing out that the Western Front seeks to maintain the hegemony of the dollar, emphasized that they (the Westerners) have imposed sanctions They apply unilateralism against countries and these sanctions are a crime.
Pakistan’s former foreign minister added: Those who are behind the sanctions against Iran, use other countries through Political and economic pressure forces them to comply with unilateral sanctions.
The head of the Foreign Relations Commission of the Pakistan Parliament clarified: The UN or other multilateral institutions have not imposed sanctions against Iran. Rather, these sanctions are unilateral and their nature is economic, which deepens the problems of countries, including the phenomenon of poverty.
He added: I believe that my country is not required to comply with these unilateral sanctions, but great powers use political tools. And they use economics to make their point. Unilateral economic sanctions directly affect the people, especially the poor, and therefore I believe that these actions are crimes.
Regardless of applying extensive unilateral sanctions against Tehran for various reasons, the United States has been in the Security Council for the last few decades. The United Nations also uses the “veto” right against Iran and forces other members to comply with unilateral sanctions.
After the agreement between Iran and five world powers in 2015 and the signing of the “Comprehensive Joint Action Plan/ JCPOA” agreement “, UN sanctions against Tehran were lifted on January 16, 2016. However, after former US President Donald Trump took office, he unilaterally withdrew from the agreement on May 8, 2018 and reimposed unilateral sanctions against Tehran. Joe Biden, his successor, has also continued the policy of maximum pressure against Iran.
