Comparative analyzing of Islamic Republic of Iran’s and United States of America’s laws on state immunity with regards to the United States recent larceny of Iranian financial assets

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Deparment of Law and Political Sciences, Faculty of Shiraz University, Shiraz , Iran

2 M.A. in International Law and The Lecturer of Shiraz Payam-e-Noor University, Shiraz , Iran

Abstract

State immunity is considered to be one of the most important issues in contemporary International Ltaw. Over time, this concept has been changed due to the evolution of International Law and during recent decades, the focus of academic forums and national  and international courts has been attached to it. In the meantime, several states including the Islamic Republic of Iran and the U.S have approved state immunity laws in their domestic legislation and their legal exceptions. In this article, the authors seek to answer several questions including what the similarities and differences of Iranian and U.S. laws on state immunity are and secondly, how can the U.S. recent confiscation of Iranian financial assets (2 billion Dollars) can be justified. On the other hand, do contemporary International Law developments have had any effect on the Iranian and U.S. immunity laws. The Conclusion of the topic is that the main differences between U.S and Iranian state immunity laws are the differences in scope of protection of subjected persons, differences in source of legislation the possibility of confiscation of properties outside the country, The effect of executive branch presence in claims against foreign governments and finally the effect of foreign defendant State in the course of trial hearing. Also, U.S recent confiscation of Iranian financial assets has been contrary to its international obligations in accordance with the U.N. Charter, International customary law and the mutual Friendship Agreement.

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