Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Tuesday urged the Foreign Ministry to take the case of the US misappropriation of Iranian assets to The Hague-based International Court of Justice, Press TV reported.

“We also ask Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee to diligently pursue this issue,” he said.

Larijani said, “Even when this (misappropriation) was not possible through US legal channels, Congress passed a law tailor-made for the case.”

He was referring to a law passed by Congress, which included a provision making it easier for the Americans to use Iranian funds frozen in the US.

Iran says the action was unconstitutional because Congress was encroaching on the power of the judiciary.

The Central Bank of Iran also says the US Congress passed the law to change the outcome of the case. It has asked the US federal courts to decide whether that violates the constitutional separation of powers.

Larijani said “the US banditry goes against all international regulations."

"This attitude is akin to that of brigands,” he said, noting that the action had been taken “brazenly and frivolously.

Source: MENA