LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE SHATT AL-ARAB DISPUTE

In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLITICS, Band 8, Heft 1-2

Abstract

THE SHATT AL-ARAB DISPUTE REVOLUES AROUND THE QUESTION OF DEMARCATING THE BOUNDARY ON THIS RIVER BETWEEN IRAN AND IRAQ. THE ERZERUM TREATY (1847) FOLLOWED BY THE BOUNDARY TREATY OF 1937 HAD AWARDED THE WHOLE OF THE RIVER TO IRAQ, PROVIDING, HOWEVER, THAT AT TWO PLACES FOR A DISTANCE OF ABOUT TEN MILES THE BOUNDARY SHALL BE THE MEDIAN LINE. THE TREATY OF 1937 WAS DENOUNCED BY IRAN IN 1969.