Iran on Tuesday asked UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to push back against the United States after it imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, describing the move as a “a dangerous precedent”, reports the Reuters news agency.

In a letter to Guterres, Iran’s UN Ambassador, Majid Takht Ravanchi, accused the United States of a “brazen violation of the fundamental principles of international law” and urged the international community to condemn the US behavior.


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