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<h1 class="reader-title">US Withdraws From International Accords
After Iran, Palestine Cases<br>
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<div class="reader-estimated-time">Published 4 October 2018</div>
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<h3 class="op-kicker">This withdrawal by the U.S. is
considered largely symbolic as the country has
previously ignored ICJ rulings whose compulsory
jurisdiction have not been recognized by the U.S. since
1986.</h3>
<p>The United States withdrew from two international
accords Wednesday after the International Court of
Justice (ICJ) ordered the country's government to <a
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/International-Court-of-Justice-Orders-US-to-Ease-Iran-Sanctions-20181003-0006.html">ease
sanctions against Iran</a>. The international accords
allowed Iran and Palestine to pursue legal action
against the U.S.</p>
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<p>On Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced
that the Donald Trump-led administration took a decision
to withdraw from the 1955 United States-Iran Friendship
Treaty. The treaty, often ignored by the U.S.
completely, served as the foundation of the latest
ruling by the ICJ.</p>
<p>Soon after the announcement, National Security Advisor
John Bolton said that the country will also leave an
optional part of 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic
Relations, which allows countries to settle disputes
with each other in the ICJ. Last month, Palestinians
used the same protocol to sue the <a
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Palestine-Sues-United-States-Over-Embassy-Move-to-Jerusalem-20180929-0015.html">U.S.
over Trump’s decision to move U.S. embassy</a> from
Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. This move came in accordance with
Trump Administration’s recognition of <a
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Trump-To-Recognise-Jerusalem-as-Israeli-Capital-Reports-20171130-0026.html">Jerusalem
as the capital of Israel</a>, which Palestinians
consider as their holy city and a part of their future
state.</p>
<p>“The United States will not sit idly by as baseless
politicized claims are brought against us,” Bolton said
at the White House. Following the decision to leave the
1955 friendship treaty with Iran, Pompeo said: “This is
a decision, frankly, that is 39 years overdue.”</p>
<p>Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif responded
to Wednesday’s moves by calling the U.S. an “outlaw
regime.” The U.S. frequently uses the same phrase in
reference to Iran.</p>
<p>The Trump administration has been against international
institutions which ‘constrains U.S. sovereignty,' and
National Security Adviser John Bolton has been a driving
force against these institutions. Last month he
threatened the International Criminal Court and its
judges with sanctions if it “comes after us, Israel or
other U.S. allies.”</p>
<p>At the White House briefing Wednesday, Bolton also said
that the administration would review all international
agreements that can be used against the U.S. in the
International Court of Justice.</p>
<p>During the 73rd UNGA sessions, the <a
href="https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Trump-Praises-Saudi-Arabia-Israel-at-UN-Rejects-Globalism-20180925-0006.html">U.S.
president also opposed globalism</a> and upheld the
country’s sovereignty.</p>
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