Iran: Shipping under threat in courts

National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) has been unable to escape from European sanctions, despite the positive impact of the nuclear deal (see GSN view). In September, the European Court of Justice’s general court comprehensively rejected an NITC application for the dismissal of a European Council (EC) order from February 2015, which included it on the list of sanctioned entities. NITC had won a court victory in mid-2014 removing its name from the listing