Islamic Republic of Iran vs. United States of America

Running head: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN VS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Islamic Republic of Iran vs. United States of America
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ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN VS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA1
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The aim of this study is to examine an international law case, which is registered under the ICJ.
The aerial incident of 1988 between Islamic Republic of Iran and United States is one such case.
The aircraft along with airbus of the Iran was shot down by the United States, which caused a
severe death toll. This paper examines the background, significance of the case, brief facts, legal
issues and decision of the tribunal.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Discussion........................................................................................................................................3
Background of the dispute...........................................................................................................3
Brief facts of the case..................................................................................................................4
The legal issues............................................................................................................................5
The arguments of the individual parties......................................................................................5
The decision of the tribunal.........................................................................................................6
The significance of the case in international law.........................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
International law cases are associated with the solving legal disputes between states. It
also provides advisory opinions to the involved parties. The International Court of Justice (ICJ)
plays a pivotal role in addressing the legal disputes and conflicts between different states. The
international body established in 1946, to solve the international law cases between different
states. This paper taken into consideration one such international law case. It is Islamic Republic
of Iran v. United States of America. Moreover, it is an aerial incident of 3rd July 1988 (Icj-cij.org
2020). The international law case was filed by the Islamic Republic of Iran against the United
States of America in the registry of the ICJ. In order to, analyze the international law case this
paper discusses the background of the dispute. Moreover, it also represents the brief facts of the
case. In this paper, the legal issues between two states also examined. One of the important
aspect of the legal dispute is the decision taken by the tribunal (Sohn et al. 2014). The major
conflict between two states made the legal dispute, one of the significant international law case
to resolve.
Discussion
Background of the dispute
The aerial attacks against merchant and oil tankers shipping of neighboring countries
were included in the war between Iran and Iraq in 1984 (Haines and Fox 2014). Thus, the aid
was provided to the shipping of Iraqi oil by some of the countries. On 17th May 1987, the Air
Force of Iraq attacked on the guided missile of US Navy called frigate USS stark. In this
incident, total number of 37 sailors of America were killed. Moreover, the incident was
happened just before one year of the Flight 655 incident. There was also exchange of gunfire