Reading Room Document

Whether the Agreement with Iran Can Be Treated as Void in Part

Even assuming the agreement with Iran could be regarded as void in its entirety because of the threat or use of coercion in its procurement, under international law the United States may not choose to honor some of its provisions and not others. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/22431/download.

February 5, 1981