Former Iran president writes to Obama
Iran's former hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written a letter to President Barack Obama, asking him to “quickly fix” a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could cost Iran some $2 billion, NY Times informs.
“On June 9, 2014, a court in America, based on unfounded claims without presenting any reliable documents, issued a sentence based on which about two billion Dollars of the Iranian nation's assets would be seized unlawfully which is an obvious instance of transgression. This sentence was later on upheld by the American judiciary system on April 20, 2016 and consequently those assets were seized, which has raised widespread public protests among the Iranian people nationwide.
It is the clear expectation of the Iranian nation that the particular case of property seizure, which fully occurred during your term in office, and actually toward the end of the term, and which is counter to all international legal principles and rules, be quickly fixed by your excellency and that not only the Iranian nations right be restored, and the seized property released and returned, but also the damages caused be fully compensated for.
My letter is by no means of political nature, but merely from the standpoint of humanitarian rights and for protecting the inalienable rights of my nation and should you have read it up to here from a political point of view, I would recommend reading this all over from the perspective I am taking while I'm writing this down.
Best wishes for the health and well-being of all nations
Mahmoud Ahmady Nejad,” the letter reads.