Iran: Annulment of Amity Pact Indicates US Anger at ICJ

"Why some Americans are angry about the Court’s order and immediately announce termination of the longstanding Treaty between the two countries if it is a 'narrow decision' and 'a defeat for Iran," Jahangiri wrote on his Twitter account on Thursday.

He pointed to the reactions by the US officials towards a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that ordered Washington to lift sanctions against Iran that it said were hurting ordinary Iranians. 

In response to ICJ's ruling, Washington quickly cancelled the 1955 Treaty of Amity with Iran which had established economic relations and consular rights between Tehran and Washington at the time it was signed between the countries.

The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by Iran over America's withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic and its re-introduction of the sanctions that had been lifted under the deal - the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The ICJ - UN's highest court - accordingly ordered Washington to halt the unilateral sanctions it has re-imposed on "humanitarian" exports to the Islamic Republic.

According to the verdict, which was read out by Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, Washington "shall remove by means of its choosing any impediments arising from the measures announced on May 8 to the free exportation to Iran of medicines and medical devices, food and agricultural commodities" as well as airplane parts.

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