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This chapter discusses some of the more salient evidentiary decisions rendered by the Tribunal. The cases highlight broader themes regarding the Tribunal's evidentiary jurisprudence: (1) the obligation to afford due process to all the parties and guarantee each party the right to present their case; (2) the promise to accord each party the requisite fairness and equality in evidentiary rulings; and (3) the need to establish evidentiary principles that compensate for the difficult circumstances in the presentation of a case in light of the extraordinary events surrounding the Iranian revolution. Those themes are present as the three central topics of the chapter are addressed: the production of documents, the use of affidavits, and the submission of unauthorized or untimely evidence.