Tehran slams US ‘inhumane’ sanctions on Cuba as breach of UN Charter, international law
Iran has strongly condemned the United States’ “inhumane” sanctions against Cuba, saying Washington must be held accountable for its widespread violation of the Cuban people’s rights.
“Undoubtedly, economic sanctions against Cuba are a clear breach of the fundamental principles and rules of the United Nations Charter and international law,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said in a statement on Monday.
These sanctions violate the right of nations to self-determination, the principle of respect for the national sovereignty of countries, and the prohibition of intervention in the internal affairs of states, he added.
“The United States must be held accountable for its continued and systematic violation of these principles and rules, as well as for the widespread violation of the human rights of the Cuban people, which amounts to a crime against humanity,” the spokesman said.
He noted that the US has imposed an economic blockade on Cuba for more than 64 years, which has led to broad humanitarian and material consequences for the country in blatant violation of the fundamental human rights of its people.
On January 29, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order declaring a purported national emergency and authorizing the imposition of trade tariffs on imports of oil from third countries to Cuba.
Since the US abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in early January, the administration of Trump has deprived Cuba of its largest source of oil, Caracas.
Trump is also pressuring Mexico to stop its fuel shipments to Havana, threatening to impose economic tariffs on all countries that ship oil to Cuba.
Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, himself a Miami-born son of Cuban immigrants, have made no secret of their desire to bring down the government in Havana.
A decades-long US trade embargo was slapped on Havana shortly after the Cuban revolution of 1959, when Fidel Castro took power and established a socialist government in Havana. In 1962, the economic sanctions imposed on Havana were tightened into a full embargo.
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