Margin of Appreciation in the Enforcement of the SC Sanction Resolutions: Case Study of Iran

United Nations Security Council (SC) resolutions adopted under Chapter VII of the UN Charter are binding. Whenever SC adopts a resolution under Chapter VII, it will consider significant situations indicated in article 39 and in order to reach to this end, requesting the mere final result from addressees of the resolutions. In this regard, UN member States to enforcement the resolutions select their own available means to achieve the goal of the resolution. Whether and to what extent member States the margin of appreciation to enforce the SC decisions have, would be the main point of this paper which, in turn, will be analyzed from the SC resolutions, States practice and case law perspective as to the sanctions stipulated by SC on Iran.