p0589 Executive orders issued by Presidents Carter and Clinton prohibiting trade with Iran without a special license and federal regulations implementing the orders prevent a party from enforcing a contract to sell computers in Iran, but do not prevent the other contracting party from raising illegality as a defense in an action for breach of contract.CitationKASHANI v TSANN KUEN (Iranian Computers) 118 CA4 531 [See: Exec Order 12959, 13059; 31 CFR 560; 50 USC 1705; 18 USC 2332d; CivC 1550(3), 1596, 1598, 1667, 1668]
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