Iraq, Lebanon's Hezbollah, Yemen's Ansarullah Censure US Sanctions on PMU Chairman
News - Middle East: Iraq’s Foreign Ministry has slammed as “unacceptable” Washington’s sanctions on Chairman of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) Falih al-Fayyadh, a day after the US took the hostile measure against the popular anti-terror forces.
On Friday, the US Treasury Department sanctioned 64-year-old Fayyadh, accusing him of serious human rights abuses during anti-government demonstrations in the Arab country in late 2019.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin claimed in a statement that Fayyadh was involved in waging a “violent campaign against Iraqi democracy and civil society,” and said that the US would “continue to hold accountable human rights abusers in Iraq.”
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry expressed surprise in response to the move, describing it as an “unexpected and unacceptable” decision, IRNA reported on Saturday, citing Iraqi media.
Source: Press TV
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