American Housing International Inc v. Housing Cooperative Society of Officers of State General Gendarmerie, Bank Saderat Iran and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Abstract

Claims — Nationality of claims — Corporations — Iran-United States Claims Settlement Declaration — Definition of United States company — Proof that majority of shares held by United States nationals

Diplomatic relations — Diplomatic agents — Statement by diplomatic agent that State would honour contractual undertaking by company — Whether diplomat competent to accept obligations on behalf of private entity — Whether statement sufficiently precise to amount to independent guarantee by State

State responsibility — Acts of private entities — Whether imputable to the State — Whether entity controlled by the State — Iran-United States Claims Settlement Declaration — Iran-United States Claims Tribunal