Oil Platforms case | |
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Court | International Court of Justice |
Full case name | Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America) |
Decided | 6 November 2003 |
Citation | [2003] ICJ 4 |
Transcript | [2003] ICJ Rep 161 (6 November 2003) |
Case opinions | |
https://www.icj-cij.org/en/case/90 |
The Oil Platforms case (formally, Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America) ICJ 4) is a public international law case decided by the International Court of Justice in 2003 in which Iran challenged the U.S. Navy's destruction of three oil platforms in the Persian Gulf in 1987-1988.[1] The Court affirmed that it could exercise jurisdiction over the case based on the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and Consular Rights between the United States and Iran but decided with strong majorities against both Iran's claim and the United States' counterclaim.