Ayatollah Amoli Larijani asks US to free Iranian citizens

Ayatollah Amoli Larijani asks US to free Iranian citizens

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Iran's Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani urged the US to immediately release the Iranian nationals who have been imprisoned in the country, calling on Washington to stay away from Iran's assets and properties.

"We ask them to immediately free the Iranian citizens jailed in the US who have been kept in prison for baseless accusations and against the international rules," Amoli Larijani said, addressing judiciary officials in Tehran on Monday.

Addressing the US officials, he said, "You have also confiscated the Islamic Republic of Iran's assets in violation of the (legal) standards and in open robbery."

Amoli Larijani called on the US to release Iran's assets, saying, "Our country should have access to its properties and this should be done immediately."

In 2012, the US Congress passed a law that specifically directed the US-based Citibank to turn over the Iranian assets to families of the victims of the Beirut bombing.

Iran argues that the Congress is intruding into the business of federal courts over the case. Tehran has long rejected allegations of involvement in the 1983 Beirut bombing.


Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced at the time that Tehran has lodged a complaint with the International Court of Justice in the Hague against the court ruling by the US Supreme Court which authorized the transfer of $2 billion of Tehran's frozen assets to the families of the victims of a 1983 bombing in Beirut.




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