About one year ago the UN ‘s top court ruled that President Trump’s administration should ease sanctions on Iran (Tehran) to aide the flow of humanitarian goods. Now, Iran’s top judiciary has ordered the US to pay $130 billion in damages to Iran over sanctions. Iranian official Gholam Hossein Esmaeili stated that the courts are responding to over 360 letters from civilians over hardships they’ve faced since the US backed out of the multilateral nuclear deal and started imposing sanctions.
Under the Trump administration the US has continued to pull out of world treaties and deals, isolating itself from the push towards globalization. Tensions with Iran even go back to 1988, when a US guided Navy missile cruiser took out an Iranian commercial airliner, killing 290 people. The US ended up paying out over $62 million in damages to the Iranian victims families. While Iran has been suing the US there has been no shortage of legal battles from both sides. With US lawsuits against Iran over the 9/11 hijackings. Both sides are dug in at the moment with little respect for one another, it’ll be interesting to see if the US pays out for damages and whether or we can make a deal with Iran.
Source: https://www.newsweek.com/iran-us-pay-130-billion-trump-admin-1475382