Disputes — Arbitration — Procedure — Competence — Iran-United States Claims Settlement Declaration — Forum selection clause — Contracts containing provisions for settlement of disputes by Iranian courts — Cases arising therefrom outside the jurisdiction of the Iran — United States Claims Tribunal — Interpretation — Choice of law clauses — Implied choice of forum — Choice of arbitration not equivalent to choice of Iranian courts — Enforceability of forum selection clauses — Whether Tribunal entitled to consider enforceability — The law and practice of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal

Disputes — Arbitration — Procedure — Competence — Iran-United States Claims Settlement Declaration — Forum selection clause — Contracts containing provisions for settlement of disputes by Iranian courts — Cases arising therefrom outside the jurisdiction of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal — Interpretation — Reference to arbitration — Whether equivalent to submission to Iranian courts — Enforceability of forum selection clauses — Whether Tribunal entitled to consider enforceability — The law and practice of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal

Disputes — Arbitration — Procedure — Competence — Iran-United States Claims Settlement Declaration — Forum selection clause — Contracts containing provisions for settlement of disputes by Iranian courts — Cases arising therefrom outside the jurisdiction of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal — Interpretation — Clause providing for settlement of some contractual disputes by Iranian courts — Whether sufficient to exclude the jurisdiction of the Tribunal — The law and practice of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal

Disputes — Arbitration — Procedure — Competence — Iran-United States Claims Settlement Declaration — Forum selection clause — Contracts containing provisions for settlement of disputes by Iranian courts — Cases arising therefrom outside the jurisdiction of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal — Interpretation — Clause conferring jurisdiction over some contractual disputes upon the courts of Iran — Whether sufficient to exclude jurisdiction of the Tribunal — Ambiguity in clause — The law and practice of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal

Disputes — Arbitration — Procedure — Competence — Iran–United States Claims Settlement Declaration — Forum selection clause — Contracts containing provisions for settlement of disputes by Iranian courts — Cases arising therefrom outside the jurisdiction of the Tribunal — Interpretation — Enforceability of forum selection clauses — Whether Tribunal entitled to consider — The law and practice of the Iran–United States Claims Tribunal

Disputes — Arbitration — Procedure — Competence — Iran-United States Claims Settlement Declaration — Forum selection clause — Contracts containing provisions for settlement of disputes by Iranian courts — Cases arising therefrom outside the jurisdiction of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal — Interpretation — Arbitration clause — Arbitration in Iran — Arbitration proceedings subject to control by Iranian courts — Whether sufficient to exclude jurisdiction of Tribunal — The law and practice of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal

Disputes — Arbitration — Procedure — Iran-United States Claims Tribunal — Award on agreed terms — Procedure — Award made without prejudice to respondents’ position in future cases — The law and procedure of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal