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<h1 class="title">ICC responds to US sanctions threats</h1>
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<div class="stamp">Sept. 11, 2018 - <font size="-2"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=781031">http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=781031</a></font><br>
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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- In response to threats by the United States
National Security Adviser John Bolton, the International Criminal
Court in Hague said, on Tuesday, that it would "continue to do its
work undeterred.<br>
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"On Monday, Bolton had threatened ICC judges with imposing sanctions
if they proceed with a probe into reported war crimes by the US in
Afghanistan.<br>
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Bolton's threats said that if such an investigation was launched,
the US administration would consider banning ICC judges and
prosecutors from entering the United States, in addition to
sanctioning funds they have there and prosecuting them in U.S.
courts. <br>
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The court said in a statement that it is an independent and
impartial institution with the backing of 123 countries.<br>
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The statement added that "the ICC, as a court of law, will continue
to do its work undeterred, in accordance with those principles and
the overarching idea of the rule of law.<br>
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"Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister criticized the absence of an
international response to US threats via his official Twitter
account, on Tuesday.<br>
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Mohammad Javad Zarif said "the US threatens to impose sanctions on
the ICC & even prosecute its judges in American courts. <br>
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Where is the outrage?""The boorishness of this rogue US regime seems
to know no bounds," he added.
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