Iran condemns US decision to sanction ICC judges

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, condemned the recent US decision to sanction International Criminal Court (ICC) judges, calling it a “new low” for US foreign policy.

Writing on the social media platform X, Baghaei was reacting to the US government’s announcement on Thursday of sanctions against four ICC judges. The move came in retaliation for the tribunal’s issuance of an



arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a past decision to open a case into alleged war crimes by US troops in Afghanistan.

Baghaei stated that the US government’s action to “sanction and harass ICC judges and personnel for holding up to their judicial mandate is a new low, even for a system that is badly addicted to advancing its foreign policy through coercion and intimidation.”