Iran Protests New U.S. Sanctions, Says ‘Measures Extremely Dangerous’

Iran protested to the United Nations on Friday over the latest sanctions imposed by the U.S. government, calling the measures "extremely dangerous" and aiming to harm civilians.

Iran's U.N. Ambassador Mohammad Khazaei said in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that "continuation of this awkward (U.S.) policy is extremely dangerous and will never serve to the maintenance of international peace and security."

The protest was made one day after the U.S. government banned dealings with the national airline Iran Air and a port operator owned by Iran's Revolutionary Guard. Both were accused of involvement in banned weapons and technology transfers helping Iran's nuclear program.

Iran faces four rounds of U.N. sanctions over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment. It denies Western allegations that are trying to build a nuclear bomb.

The U.S. government "has sought recourse to a set of untrue and void allegations against my country in order to justify its unfair treatment towards the Iranian people," the ambassador said in the letter, part of which was released by the Iranian mission.

"There is no doubt that the main purpose of such an unrealistic and hostile policy is to affect the lives of the entire Iranian population" and breached international law on harming civilians populations, Khazaei said.