File photo shows a cargo ship belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL)
The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) says it is following up on two cases of illegal sanctions imposed against the firm through international channels.
IRISL Managing Director Mohammad Hossein Dajmar said on Wednesday that there were two cases currently under investigation which are against international law.
Dajmar added that the IRISL is pursuing the files in the European Union (EU) and the United States.
Å“Most of these sanctions have a political aspect and are far from [having] technical and economic ones,” the official added.
Dajmar also stressed that the IRISL is a private company with private shareholders; therefore what the imposers of sanctions are doing is in effect inflicting damages on innocent people.
According to the IRISL head, the first round of sanctions against the Iranian shipping firm was imposed by the United Nations under the baseless pretext that the company had been involved in transferring missiles and nuclear equipment.
However, the parties who imposed the bans have gone beyond the UN sanctions and included the transit of all kinds of goods in the list, Dajmar added.
Dajmar went on to say that, Å“International shipping lines, in response to the Iranian private sectorâ„¢s request for the transit of goods, either offer astronomical prices or avoid transiting the goods.”
The United States, Israel and some of their allies have repeatedly accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program, with the US and European Union using the claim as an excuse to impose illegal sanctions against Tehran.
Iran has categorically rejected the allegation, stressing that as a committed member of the International Atomic Energy Agency and a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty it is entitled to develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
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Republished with permission from: Press TV