Treaty Ended

From the DW:

"US terminates 1955 'Treaty of Amity' with Iran"

The decision comes just hours after the UN top court ordered the US to lift sanctions on humanitarian goods to Iran. Tehran had dragged Washington to the court, saying the sanctions violate the 1955 friendship agreement.  The United States is terminating the 1955 Treaty of Amity with Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday. Pompeo's announcement follows a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations' top court, on Wednesday ordering the United States to lift sanctions on humanitarian goods to Iran. President Donald Trump in May announced a renewal of tough US sanctions on the Islamic Republic after abandoning the multilateral Iran nuclear agreement over its ballistic missile program. Iran filed a lawsuit against the US at the ICJ in July, arguing that the sanctions violate the friendship agreement signed in 1955 between the two countries whe Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was in power. The treaty, which established economic relations and consular rights between the two nations, continued to remain in force following the 1979 Islamic Revolution despite diplomatic tensions between Tehran and Washington.  ompeo told reporters that the termination of the treaty was decades overdue.  "This is a decision frankly that is 39 years overdue," Pompeo said. "Iran is abusing the ICJ for political and propaganda purposes and their case, as you can see from the decision, lacked merit." The US move, a largely symbolic gesture, highlights deteriorating relations between Washington and Tehran. Pompeo said the practical fallout from the decision to terminate the decades-old treaty remains to be seen. "This marked a useful point for us to demonstrate the absolute absurdity" of the treaty, he said.

^ This treaty was null and void once Iran over-ran the US Embassy in Tehran and kept Americans hostage. At least now it is officially terminated. As for the ICJ - I don't see the US following their order - nor should we. ^

https://www.dw.com/en/us-terminates-1955-treaty-of-amity-with-iran/a-45742464