Russia terms anti-Iran US sanctions as 'illegitimate'

Moscow, Feb 12 (IANS) Russia Tuesday dismissed the US sanctions against Iran as "illegitimate", Xinhua reported. The unilateral sanctions have no legal ground and will destroy "a healthy and positive basis for further progress to settle the Iranian nuclear issue", Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters at the Iranian embassy in Moscow. Last week, the US Treasury Department