伊朗對所謂的美國新的“非法”制裁提出警告

Iran said Thursday it would respond to any "interventionist" measures by the United States, after U.S. officials said the Treasury Department was preparing new sanctions connected to Iran's ballistic missile program.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari called the planned sanctions "unilateral, arbitrary and illegal."

The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the planned move, said the sanctions will likely be formally announced this week and include about 12 people and companies in Iran, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates.

The sanctions would call on U.S. banks to freeze the assets of those on the list and bar individuals and companies in the U.S. from doing business with them, according to the Journal.

Iran test-fired missiles in October and November. The U.S. and France said the October launch violated a U.N. Security Council resolution banning Iranian development of a ballistic missile. Iran rejected the allegations, saying the sanctions only applied to missiles capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and that their missiles had no such capability.

U.S. experts said the only purpose of the missile would be to deliver a nuclear warhead.伊朗星期四說，它將對美國採取的任何“干預性”措施作出迴應。之前，美國官員表示，美國財政部正準備針對伊朗彈道導彈計劃實施新的制裁。

伊朗外交部發言人阿薩里稱計劃中的制裁是“單方面的，武斷的和非法的。”

《華爾街日報》率先報道了這一正在計劃中的舉措。報道說，制裁措施很可能於本週正式公佈，制裁對象包括伊朗、香港和阿聯酋的12個個人和企業。

《華爾街日報》說，制裁將要求美國的銀行凍結制裁名單上的人員及企業的資產，並禁止美國的個人和企業與其做生意。

伊朗於今年10月和11月進行了導彈試射。美國和法國說，10月的導彈試射違反了聯合國安理會有關禁止伊朗研製彈道導彈的決議。伊朗對這一指稱予以否認，聲稱安理會決議只針對能夠攜帶核彈頭的導彈，而伊朗試射的導彈並不具備這種能力。

美國專家指出，這種導彈的唯一用途就是運載核彈頭。