Aug 29, 2018

Iran told the UN's top court Wednesday that "time is running out" for its people as they suffer economic turmoil that Tehran blames on renewed US sanctions.

Iran was making its closing arguments in a challenge to the sanctions at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

US President Donald Trump reimposed the sanctions after pulling out of a multilateral 2015 accord in May.

Iran has asked the court to order the United States to lift them.

US lawyers have retorted that the sanctions are necessary to protect international security.