Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel January 19, 1981 (Legality of the International Agreement with Iran and Its Implementing Executive Orders (II))

Legality of the International Agreement with Iran

and Its Implementing Executive Orders

Executive orders providing for the establishment o f escrow accounts with the Bank of

England and the Central Bank o f Algeria, directing the transfer o f previously blocked

Iranian government assets to those accounts, and nullifying all interests in the assets

other than the interests of Iran and its agents,