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Iran’s biggest bank sues UK for US$4b over sanctions
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Iran’s largest private bank is suing the British government for almost US$4 billion in damages after the Supreme Court quashed sanctions imposed against it over alleged links to Tehran’s nuclear program.
Bank Mellat wants compensation for the “significant pecuniary loss” and substantial reputational damage it sustained as a result of sanctions imposed in 2009, according to a claim filed in London’s High Court and seen by Reuters yesterday.
It claims the UK government also successfully lobbied other authorities to impose their own sanctions that ultimately caused and continue to cause the loss of profitable business, customers, banking relationships and dealing services.
“(Bank Mellat) doesn’t want to be in any way vindictive, it just wants justice,” Bank Mellat’s lawyer Sarosh Zaiwalla told Reuters.
A spokesperson for the UK Treasury declined to comment as the case is ongoing.
Western governments believe the Islamic Republic is attempting to enrich uranium for use in atomic bombs. Europe and the United States have imposed sanctions against specific Iranian people, state institutions or companies to persuade Tehran to rein in the program and open up to UN inspectors.
Tehran maintains that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only and Western governments are now starting to ease part of the sanctions, after Iran and world powers reached an interim deal in Geneva in November.
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