Harriscom Svenska, Ab v. Harris Corporation and R.F. Systems, a Division of R.F. Communications Group of Harris Corporation

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

Before us on this appeal are two companies that contracted with one another for the sale of radios and spare parts. One is the radios’ domestic manufacturer, the other is a Swedish organization, the manufacturer’s distributor to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Having some doubt as to the continued viability of such trade, a force majeure clause, which is the subject of this litigation, was inserted into the parties’ written agreement. What began as a doubt ripened into a certainty when the United States government prohibited all sales to Iran of goods it categorized as…