WANA (May 29) – The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned recent US threats against Oman, labeling them an attempt to blackmail a sovereign nation.

 

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Esmaeil Baghaei, characterized the US Treasury Secretary’s threat to impose sanctions on Oman—following a previous threat to “destroy” the country—as an attempt to blackmail an independent member state of the United Nations.

 

He stated that this is yet another sign of the moral bankruptcy of the governance and policymaking system in the United States.

 

Baghaei noted that the threat to impose sanctions on Oman under a baseless pretext is an absolutely illegal act that contradicts the fundamental principles of the UN Charter and international law.

 

He added that the international community must react responsibly to this approach to prevent the increasing normalization of violations of international legal norms.