Iran calls on UN to help with US court asset award

AP, United Nations: Iran asked the United Nations on Thursday to intervene with the US government over a Supreme Court ruling that allows nearly $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets to be paid to victims of terrorist attacks for which the Middle Eastern country has been blamed. In a letter to Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Thursday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Javid Zarif argues that the US court decision will have “catastrophic implications” and “will cause systematic erosion” of the principal of state immunity.
“I wish to call on Your Excellency to lend your good offices in order to induce the US Government to adhere to its international obligations, put an end to the violation of the fundamental principle of state immunity,” the letter reads in part.
The Secretary General’s office did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the letter.

Iran calls on UN to help with US court asset award

AP, United Nations: Iran asked the United Nations on Thursday to intervene with the US government over a Supreme Court ruling that allows nearly $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets to be paid to victims of terrorist attacks for which the Middle Eastern country has been blamed. In a letter to Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Thursday, Irans Foreign Minister Javid Zarif argues that the US court decision will have catastrophic implications and will cause systematic erosion of the principal of state immunity. I wish to call on Your Excellency to lend your good offices in order to induce the US Government to adhere to its international obligations, put an end to the violation of the fundamental principle of state immunity, the letter reads in part. The Secretary Generals office did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the letter.