UN court rejects Iran's claim to £1.6bn assets frozen by US authorities

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : In a complex, 67-page judgment, the world court found that some other US moves to seize assets of Iran and Iranians in the United States breached a 1955 treaty between the countries and said they should negotiate compensation.
38% : Iran has denied involvement, but a U.S. District Court judge found Tehran responsible in 2003.
35% : The money is to be paid in compensation to victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked to Iran.
27% :Iran took its claim to the world court in 2016 after the US Supreme Court ruled that money belonging to Iran's central bank could be used as compensation for the 241 American troops who died in the 1983 bombing, which was believed to be linked to Tehran.

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