VOL.XXXIXNo. 6416-December-1996IRAN

InternationalCourt Of Justice Rules It Can Hear Iran Case Against US The International Court of Justice ruled on 12December that it has jurisdiction to hear a case broughtbefore it by Iran concerning the destruction of threeIranian oil installations in the Gulf in October 1987 and April 1988 byUS military forces during the Iran-Iraq war. No date hasbeen set for the start of oralhearings before the 15-member court.Iran has based its argument on the 1955...