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United States Charges Iranian Officials' Involvement in Plot to Assassinate Saudi Ambassador to the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

John R. Crook
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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 106 , Issue 1 , January 2012 , pp. 146 - 149
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2012

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References

1 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally Protected Persons, Including Diplomatic Agents, Dec. 14, 1973, 28 UST 1975, 1035 UNTS 167.

2 U.S. Dep’t of Justice Press Release, Attorney General Holder Holds National Security Enforcement Press Conference (Oct. 11, 2011), at http://www.justice.gov/iso/opa/ag/speeches/2011/ag-speech-l 11011.html; see Robert F. Worth & Laura Tillman, Unlikely Turn for a Suspect in a Terror Plot, N.Y. Times, Oct. 13, 2011, at Al; Peter Finn, Iranian Militant Linked to Murder Plot, Wash. Post, Oct. 15, 2011, at A9.

3 U.S. Dep’t of Justice Press Release No. 11-1339, Two Men Charged in Alleged Plot to Assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States (Oct. 11, 2011), at http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/October/11-ag-1339.html.

4 Id.

5 Eric Schmitt & Scott Shane, U.S. Challenged to Explain Accusations of Iran Plot in the Face of Skepticism, N.Y. Times, Oct. 13,2011, at A14; Helene Cooper, Obama Pledging Tough Sanctions for Iran in Plot, N.Y. Times, Oct. 14, 2011, at A1.

6 White House Press Release, Readout of the President’s Call with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (Oct. 12, 2011), at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/10/12/readout-presidents-call-king-abdullah-saudi-arabia.

7 UN Press Release, General Assembly Condemns Plot to Kill Saudi Arabian Diplomat (Nov. 18, 2011), at http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.aspiNewsID=40444&Cr=iran&Crl=; UN Press Release GA/11176, General Assembly Adopts Text Deploring Plot to Assassinate Saudi Arabian Envoy to United States; Calls on Iran to Help Bring Perpetrators to Justice—Assembly Also Votes Down Four Proposals by Iran to Amend Text; in Other Action, Libya Reinstated as Member of Human Rights Council (Nov. 18, 2011), at http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/gal 1176.doc.htm.

8 UN Press Release, General Assembly Condemns, supra note 7. Armenia, Bolivia, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Iran, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Zambia voted against the resolution.

9 As a possible hint of future Security Council reluctance to impose rigorous additional economic sanctions on Iran, the abstainers included Council members Brazil, China, India, Russia, and South Africa. Id.

10 U.S. Dep&t of State Press Release No. 2011/1975, UN Resolution Condemns Plot to Assassinate Saudi Ambassador (Nov. 18, 2011), at http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/11/177394.htm.

11 GA Res. 66/12 (Nov. 18, 2011).