Strategic Studies of Jurisprudence and Law

Strategic Studies of Jurisprudence and Law

Examining the effects of the pressure and control approach of the United States of America on Iran's oil and gas industry and its confrontation with the right to development

Document Type : research

Authors
Atefe Ghasemi 1
Mohammad Sardoueinasab 2
Mohammad Taqi Rafiei 3
1 PhD Student of Oil & Gas Law, Kish International Campus, University of Tehran, Kish, Hormozgan, Iran.
2 Professor of Department of Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
3 Associate Professor of Department of Law, Faculty of law of Farabi Campus of University of Tehran, Daneshgah Blv, Qom, Iran.
10.22034/ejs.2023.421502.1579
Abstract
Background and Aims: America uses embargo not as a tool and method to apply pressure but as its foreign policy. The purpose of this article is to examine the effects of the pressure and control approach of the United States of America on Iran's oil and gas industry and its confrontation with the right to development, as well as trying to provide suggested solutions to deal with it in the international arena.
Materials and Methods: This article is descriptive and analytical. Materials and data are also qualitative and data collection was used in collecting materials and data.
Ethical Considerations: In this article, the originality of the texts, honesty and trustworthiness are respected.
Findings: The right to development belongs to all citizens, and the United States' approach to pressure and control over Iran's oil and gas industry violates the right to development in Iran. Governments are obliged to refrain from resorting to any type of action that contradicts international cooperation. Article 2 paragraph 4 of the United Nations Charter implicitly confirms this necessity. There is no doubt that international cooperation is one of the goals of the United Nations, and economic sanctions seriously threaten international cooperation and contradict the spirit of the new economic system that is being developed at the international level.
Conclusion: It is necessary to pursue appropriate legal measures in order to deal with unilateral US sanctions, which violate the right to development, through international legal forums.
Keywords
unilateral sanctions
Security Council
human rights
customary international law
right to development
economic pressure
Subjects
Strategic Studies of Jurisprudence and Law
Volume 5, special issue - Serial Number 5
Studies of economic jurisprudence
Summer 2023
Pages 885-902