Criticizing european union countermeasure (oil sanction) against Iran from the aspect of the law of international responsibility of state

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Iran

2 Student of Oil and Gas Law, Faculty of Law and Science, University of Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The European Union council in 23 January of 2012, in direction to aggravate international pressures against Islamic Republic of Iran, decided to enact further economic restrictions against this country in energy section especially against importing oil from Iran to the state members of European Union. The reason of imposing sanction by EU against Iran is Iran’s non-compliance of NPT obligations and the potential connection between Iran’s revenues derived from its energy sector and the funding of Iran’s proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities due to the preamble of UN.S.C Resolution 1929. European Union referred to the responsibility of Iran according to 2001 international law commission Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, and prohibited imports of oil from Iran as a Countermeasure. But has Iran breached its NPT obligations? Have the European Union and its member states observed the preconditions of countermeasures against Iran according to international law commission Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts? In this article, the legality of European Union Countermeasure against Iran is considered by analyzing the Draft articles on the International Responsibility of States, and it is found that the European Union has observed none of the preconditions of countermeasures against Iran according to international law commission Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts.

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Journal Of Researches Energy Law Studies
Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
Spring & Summer
April 2015
Pages 117-138

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