Rouhani on ICJ Ruling: Great Iranian Nation Won Beautiful Victory against a Superpower

  In comments after inaugurating a number of industrial projects via a videoconference on Thursday, Rouhani said: “The great Iranian nation has won a beautiful and absolutely brilliant victory against a superpower.” The ICJ dismissed the US objection that the court lacks jurisdiction to hear the lawsuit Tehran has brought against Washington for breach of the 1955 Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations. “Although the US had mobilized thousands of experts to win this political war, the Iranian nation won the case with reliance on its jurists and diplomats,” the Iranian president added. He noted that it shows Iran’s capability to win great victories in all arenas, Tasnim news agency reported. In a ruling issued on Wednesday, the ICJ unanimously refuted several of the jurisdiction-related objections that had been brought up by the US. Concerning the rest of the objections, Washington managed to secure only one favorable vote against 15 negative ones. Tehran lodged a complaint against the US with the ICJ three years ago when former President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the landmark 2015 nuclear deal and restored the sanctions, saying Washington breached the Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations signed by the two countries in 1955. Trump had abandoned the deal despite its multilateral nature and the fact that it has been endorsed as a UN Security Council resolution. Iran brought the lawsuit before the ICJ in 2018, strongly protesting the nature of Washington’s withdrawal from the deal, which is officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Source: Iranian media