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October 4, 2018

U.S. Quits 1955 Iran Treaty After U.N. Court Rules Against Sanctions
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is withdrawing the U.S. from a 1955
treaty with Iran, after the U.N.'s highest court ordered the U.S. to
lift some of the sanctions it has imposed on Iran since May. The treaty
gives jurisdiction to the U.N.'s International Court of Justice on
issues between the two nations. National Security Adviser John Bolton
called the ICJ "politicized and ineffective" and said that the Trump
administration will review agreements that could be subject to binding
decisions by the court.


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