According to international law, Iran is not authorized to pursue the case in its courts but can cooperate with the Libyan government in the case in international bodies, Sadeghi told the Mehr News Agency.
The professor stated that Iran could pursue the issue in the country if it declared it a matter of national security.
The issue could be brought up in the Majlis Research and Investigative Committee and Iran and Lebanon could use their influence in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to pressure Libya, Sadeghi said.
He added that Iran’s courts are not authorized to investigate the case since the crime was not committed in Iran and the accused is not Iranian, but added that the governments of Iran and Lebanon could form a joint committee to study various ways to pursue the case in internal and international organizations.
Sadeghi stressed that efforts should be made to bring up Sadr’s case at the UN Human Rights Commission or the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague.
Iran should clearly announce to Libya that it will only normalize ties with the country on the condition that Libya clarify Sadr’s fate, the professor said.
Imam Musa Sadr, the founder of the Lebanese Shia Amal movement, mysteriously disappeared while on a visit to Libya in 1978.
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