WANA (Aug 21) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, condemned U.S. sanctions on judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), calling them an “unprecedented assault on justice” and “clear collusion in war crimes in Palestine.”

 

In a post on X on Thursday, Baghaei said Washington’s move to sanction four additional ICC judges—nationals of Canada, France, Senegal, and Fiji—over their examination of alleged Israeli crimes constitutes “not only an unprecedented attack on justice, but also complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Palestine.”

 

He added that the U.S. action represents a blatant abuse of power that grants Israel “absolute impunity to continue its crimes,” provides “a license for further atrocities,” and places international peace and security in grave danger.

 

Baghaei concluded that such “flagrant lawlessness” exposes the true nature of what is described as a “rules-based order,” which he said in practice ignores international law and moral principles in favor of narrow political interests.