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Yeager, Claimantv. The Islamic Republic of Iran, Respondent

Iran-United States Claims Tribunal.  02 November 1987 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Aliens — Expulsion — Discretion of host State to order expulsion of alien from its territory — Limits of discretion — Minimum international standards — Requirement that alien be afforded reasonable opportunity to wind up affairs — Expulsion of United States citizens from Iran during Iranian Revolution — Actions of Iranian Revolutionary Guards — Whether imputable to Iran — Whether violating minimum standards

Damages — Losses for which damages recoverable — United States citizen expelled from Iran — Claim that property had to be sold at less than full value — Contract of employment lawfully terminated by United States company — Whether damages recoverable from Iran

Governments — Revolution — Iran — Identity of organs of government following revolution — Status of Ayatollah Khomeini — Agents of government — Revolutionary Guards

International tribunals — Iran-United States Claims Tribunal — Jurisdiction — Claims regarding property — Expulsion of alien from Iran — Whether liable to affect property rights — Whether claim in respect of expulsion within jurisdiction of Tribunal — Procedure — Interim award — Request by United States for interim award regarding expulsions of United States citizens from Iran — Decision that interim award inappropriate

State responsibility — Imputability to the State of acts of groups not formally recognized — Iranian Revolutionary Guards — Status during early period of Iranian Revolution — Whether Revolutionary Guards to be treated as agents of State — Expulsion of United States citizen by Revolutionary Guards — Bribery — Official of State airline demanding bribe from United States citizen — Whether official acting in official capacity — Whether extraction of bribe imputable to State — The law of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal

Type
Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1990

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