# Iran says new US sanctions violate other states’ sovereignty

https://mins.news/en/item/29171

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-22 09:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/22/iran-says-new-us-sanctions-violate-sovereignty-of-other-states?traffic_source=rss

> Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei condemned Donald Trump’s threat to punish countries doing business with Tehran, calling it an assertion of extraterritorial sovereignty that could bring a return to “full-scale classic colonialism”. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the measures were bound to fail. Iran has also allowed several Iraqi oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz after repeated requests from Baghdad.

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