U.S. pulling out of treaty with Iran after int'l court ruling

The United States said Wednesday it is terminating a 1955 pact with Iran on economic relations and consular rights after the International Court of Justice ordered it to ease sanctions reimposed on Tehran.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said at a news conference that the case Iran filed in July with the ICJ alleging U.S. violations of the bilateral Treaty of Amity is "meritless."He also accused Tehran of attempting "to interfere with the sovereign rights of the United States to take lawful actions necessary to protect our national security, and Iran is abusing the ICJ for political and propa…READ FULL ARTICLE