The case, lodged by Tehran in 1992 and counter-claimed by Washington, stemmed from two US naval attacks against Iranian platforms following an Iranian missile attack against a Kuwaiti tanker flying the US flag and an alleged mine attack against a US destroyer.
In the first attack in October 1987, US warships destroyed the Reshadat and Ressalat platforms. In the second incident in April 1988, they destroyed the Salman and Nasr complexes.
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