Tehran, YJC. A European Union court ruling to remove the EU sanctions against 11 managers of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) has been finalized, an Iranian official says.
"The ruling for removal of the
names of 11 managers of the company (IRISL) from the list of EU sanctions has
been finalized,” stated Alaeddin Sadat Rasoul, the head of the IRISL (Islamic
Republic of Iran Shipping Lines) legal department, on Friday.
Sadat Rasoul pointed to the September 2013 ruling by the European Court of Justice and said "The ruling has been finalized as the legal respite expired and no appeal was lodged against the ruling.”
The 11 individuals are entitled
to claim compensation for all the material and moral damages arising from the
baseless allegations, the IRISL official stated.
In 2011, the EU targeted over 30
IRISL holding companies as part of the US-led sanctions against the Islamic
Republic over the false claim that the Iranian nuclear energy program had
non-civilian aspects.
The IRISL official also pointed
to the ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the
UN Security Council - Britain, China, France, Russia and the US - plus Germany
and expressed hope that the EU will not re-impose sanctions against the IRISL
directors without legal justifications.
Iran and the members of the P5+1
sealed an interim deal on November 24, 2013, to pave the way for the full
resolution of the West’s decade-old dispute with Iran over the country’s
nuclear energy program.
In exchange for Iran’s
confidence-building bid to limit certain aspects of its nuclear energy
activities, the Western countries agreed to lift some of the existing sanctions
against Iran and impose no new sanctions against the country within a six-month
period.