US urges UN’s top court to throw out Iranian case on frozen assets, as it accuses Tehran of having ‘unclean hands’
The hearing comes a week after the International Court of Justice, in a separate case, ordered the US to ease sanctions reimposed on Iran
The United States accused Tehran on Monday of having “unclean hands” as it fought an Iranian court bid to unfreeze billions of dollars earmarked by Washington for terror victims.
Washington said Iran’s “support for international terrorism”, including bombings and airline hijackings, should rule out its case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague.
Iran dragged Washington to the United Nations’ top court in 2016 over a US Supreme Court ruling that the US$2 billion should go to victims of attacks blamed on the Islamic republic.
Iran said the case breached a 1955 “Treaty of Amity” between Washington and Tehran signed before Iran’s Islamic revolution.
Washington tore up that treaty last week after the ICJ in a separate case ordered the United States to ease sanctions reimposed on Iran by US President Donald Trump after he pulled out of Iran’s 2015 international nuclear deal.