VOL. XLVI

No 4

27-January-2003

IRAN

Oil Platforms Case To Be Heard By ICJ Beginning Mid-February

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has announced that hearings in the Oil Platforms case, between Iran and the US, will take place at its headquarters in The Hague from 17 February to 7 March. The case concerns a claim by Iran for compensation for damage to offshore production platforms in the Gulf by the US Navy during the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-88. Iran says that four US destroyers almost...