Iran's Zarif tweets - U.S. treasury is nothing more than a 'jail warden'

FILE PHOTO: Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif speaks during a news conference with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (not pictured) after their meeting in Moscow, Russia, September 2, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina - Copyright EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 05/09/2019 - 09:32•Updated 16/04/2024 - 16:49

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DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.S. treasury is nothing more than a "jail warden", Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Thursday, a day after Washington imposed fresh sanctions designed to choke off the smuggling of Iranian oil.

"OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control of U.S. Treasury) is nothing more than a JAIL WARDEN: Ask for reprieve (waiver), get thrown in solitary for the audacity. Ask again and you might end up in the gallows," Zarif wrote on his Twitter account.