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Persinger v. Islamic Republic of Iran (No 2)

United States.  13 March 1984 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

State immunity — Jurisdictional immunity — Tortious act — Exception to immunity for tortious injury occurring in the United States and caused by tortious act or omission of foreign State — Whether tortious act, as well as injury, must occur in the United States — Whether applicable to acts occurring in United States embassy abroad — Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976, Section 1605(a)(5)

Diplomatic relations — Embassies — Whether part of the territory of the sending State — Whether acts occurring on premises of United States Embassy in Iran to be treated as occurring in the United States — The law of the United States

Type
Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1992

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