The United Nations’ top court ruled Wednesday that it has the jurisdiction to consider a case brought by Iran challenging sanctions imposed by the Trump administration.
A majority of the 16-judge panel rejected US objections to the three-year case, which seeks the overturn of crippling economic sanctions. International Court of Justice presiding judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf said Wednesday that the Hague-based court "finds consequently that it has jurisdiction ... to entertain the application filed by the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
