[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 31, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 31CFR560.510]

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                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
 CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 560_IRANIAN TRANSACTIONS REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart E_Licenses, Authorizations and Statements of Licensing Policy
 
Sec. 560.510  Transactions related to the resolution of disputes between the 

United States or United States nationals and the Government of Iran.

    (a) Except as otherwise authorized, specific licenses may be issued 
on a case-by-case basis to authorize transactions in connection with 
awards, decisions or orders of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in 
The Hague, the International Court of Justice, or other international 
tribunals (collectively, ``tribunals''); agreements settling claims 
brought before tribunals; and awards, orders, or decisions of an 
administrative, judicial or arbitral proceeding in the United States or 
abroad, where the proceeding involves the enforcement of awards, 
decisions or orders of tribunals, or is contemplated under an 
international agreement, or involves claims arising before 12:01 a.m. 
EDT, May 7, 1995, that resolve disputes between the Government of Iran 
and the United States or United States nationals, including the 
following transactions:
    (1) Importation into the United States of, or any transaction 
related to, goods and services of Iranian origin or owned or controlled 
by the Government of Iran;
    (2) Exportation or reexportation to Iran or the Government of Iran 
of any goods, technology, or services, except to the extent that such 
exportation or reexportation is also subject to export licensing 
application requirements of another agency of the United States 
Government and the granting of such a license by that agency would be 
prohibited by law;
    (3) Financial transactions related to the resolution of disputes at 
tribunals, including transactions related to the

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funding of proceedings or of accounts related to proceedings or to a 
tribunal; participation, representation, or testimony before a tribunal; 
and the payment of awards of a tribunal; and
    (4) Other transactions otherwise prohibited by this part which are 
necessary to permit implementation of the foregoing awards, decisions, 
orders, or agreements.
    (b) Specific licenses may be issued on a case-by-case basis to 
authorize payment of costs related to the storage or maintenance of 
goods in which the Government of Iran has title, and to authorize the 
transfer of title to such goods, provided that such goods are in the 
United States and that such goods are the subject of a proceeding 
pending before a tribunal.
    (c)(1) All transactions are authorized with respect to the 
importation of Iranian-origin goods and services necessary to the 
initiation and conduct of legal proceedings, in the United States or 
abroad, including administrative, judicial and arbitral proceedings and 
proceedings before tribunals.
    (2) Specific licenses may be issued on a case-by-case basis to 
authorize the exportation to Iran or the Government of Iran of goods, 
and of services not otherwise authorized by Sec. 560.525, necessary to 
the initiation and conduct of legal proceedings, in the United States or 
abroad, including administrative, judicial and arbitral proceedings and 
proceedings before tribunals, except to the extent that the exportation 
is also subject to export licensing application requirements of another 
agency of the United States Government and the granting of such a 
license by that agency would be prohibited by law.
    (3) Representation of United States persons or of third country 
persons in legal proceedings, in the United States or abroad, including 
administrative, judicial and arbitral proceedings and proceedings before 
tribunals, against Iran or the Government of Iran is not prohibited by 
this part. The exportation of certain legal services to a person in Iran 
or the Government of Iran is authorized in Sec. 560.525.
    (d) The following are authorized:
    (1) All transactions related to payment of awards of the Iran-United 
States Claims Tribunal in The Hague against Iran.
    (2) All transactions necessary to the payment and implementation of 
awards (other than exports or reexports subject to export license 
application requirements of other agencies of the United States 
Government) in a legal proceeding to which the United States Government 
is a party, or to payments pursuant to settlement agreements entered 
into by the United States Government in such a legal proceeding.

[60 FR 47063, Sept. 11, 1995, as amended at 62 FR 41852, Aug. 4, 1997]