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Islamic Republic of Iran)</p></span></h1> </div> </div> <div id="block-icj-content" class="block block-system block-system-main-block"> <div class="content"> <div class="cases-documents"> <h4 class="document-type">Latest Developments</h4> <div class="cases-document"> <div class="title-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/190/190-20250122-pre-01-00-en.pdf" class="title" target="_blank"> Press release 2025/4 </a> </div> <h6 class="date"> 22 January 2025 </h6> <h6 class="other-title has-date"><p>Aerial Incident of 8 January 2020 (Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and United Kingdom v. Islamic Republic of Iran) - Preliminary objections raised by Iran - Fixing of the time-limit for the filing by the Applicants of a written statement of their observations and submissions</p></h6> <h6 class="procedure">Procedure(s):Preliminary objections </h6> <h6 class="file-label">Available in:</h6> <div class="file-buttons"> <a href="https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/190/190-20250122-pre-01-00-en.pdf" class="file-button" target="_blank">English</a> <a href="https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/190/190-20250122-pre-01-00-fr.pdf" class="file-button" target="_blank">French</a> </div> </div> <div class="cases-document"> <div class="title-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/190/190-20250117-ord-01-00-en.pdf" class="title" target="_blank"> <p>Order of 17 January 2025</p> </a> </div> <h6 class="other-title "><p>Fixing of time-limit: <span>Written statement of observations and submissions on preliminary 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