Iran files complaint against U.S. over $2 bn worth of frozen assetsJune 25, 2018 - 14:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hear Iran's lawsuit against the United States over the freezing of two billion dollars worth of assets of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced on Monday, June 25, according to IRNA. The court hearing on Iran's complaint will be held in The Hague in mid October, Bahram Qasemi told reported at his weekly press briefing in this Iranian capital city. The issue (complaint) will seriously be followed by Iran and the country is waiting for the ICJ October session, Qasemi said. Established in 1945, the ICJ is the main judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). The seat of the Court is in The Hague (the Netherlands). Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |