TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly denounced a U.S. court ruling requiring Tehran to pay compensations to victims of the 9/11 attacks, saying the ruling was “politically-motivated”.

“Such politically-motivated judgments which are based on unfounded accusations have already been raised in the past,” Qassemi was quoted by Fars as saying.

“Not only is it a mockery of the international law system, but it is also a mockery at the expense of the American people, particularly the victims and the bereaved families of the September 11 attacks,” he added.

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