According to CoinMeta, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahagae stated on the 22nd that the United States' claim of imposing new economic sanctions on Iran is devoid of any basis in international law and constitutes nothing more than an illegal "economic war" targeting a single country. Bahagae pointed out that such sanctions violate the principle of sovereign equality enshrined in the United Nations Charter and represent economic coercion against the legitimate policy choices of a sovereign state, which is a thoroughly unlawful act.