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Iran sues U.S. to recover $2 billion worth of frozen assets

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A view of the damage to the U.S. Embassy after the bombing. April 1983. Iran and Its proxy Hezbollah were accused of being behind the bombing that killed 63 people, mostly embassy staff members and several soldiers. The top U.S. court ruled that $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets must be paid to American victims of attacks blamed on Tehran.
A view of the damage to the U.S. Embassy after the bombing. April 1983. Iran and Its proxy Hezbollah were accused of being behind the bombing that killed 63 people, mostly embassy staff members and several soldiers. The top U.S. court ruled that $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets must be paid to American victims of attacks blamed on Tehran.

Iran has filed a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice to recover $2 billion worth of frozen assets the U.S. Supreme Court awarded to victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked to Iran.

In remarks broadcast Wednesday on state TV, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the claim had been filed the day before.

The Supreme Court ruling, issued in April, directly affects more than 1,300 relatives of victims, some who have been seeking compensation for more than 30 years. They include families of the 241 U.S. service members who died in the Beirut bombing.

Iran has denied any role in the attacks and rejected the court ruling, saying it amounted to theft.

The ICJ, a U.N. body that adjudicates disputes between states, confirmed that Iran had initiated proceedings based on a 1955 Treaty of Amity with the United States.

It was not immediately clear whether the ICJ would have jurisdiction over the case.

The Associated Press

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11 responses to “Iran sues U.S. to recover $2 billion worth of frozen assets”

  1. Omega Avatar
    Omega

    Beirut barracks bombing linked to Iran? Since when?

    What about Flight 655? When will IsraHell and the USA pay for that?

    1. Hind Abyad Avatar
      Hind Abyad

      Lebanon was invaded..it was War, ridiculous, US under pressure from Israel to persecute Lebanon. while hiding Saudi 911 documented archives.

      1. Rudy1947 Avatar
        Rudy1947

        Lebanon was invaded by the PLO.

        1. Hind Abyad Avatar
          Hind Abyad

          The usual stupid comments..PLO didn’t exist in 1948 when Israel expelled 7500,000 Palestinians to Lebanon, to Syria, and 9200,000
          to Gaza.

          1. Rudy1947 Avatar
            Rudy1947

            Who said anything about 1948?

      2. Omega Avatar
        Omega

        It’s normal, IsraHell was created by and for the same people who took control of the USA’s economy in 1913. KSA and Turkey’s “governments” are puppets who will bow to IsraHell/USA/UK’s every wish.

        IsraHell did 9/11. Saudi was the indirect scapegoat.

        1. Hind Abyad Avatar
          Hind Abyad

          And this today..”U.S. State Department Officials Call for Strikes Against Syria’s Assad”
          http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-state-department-officials-call-for-strikes-against-syrias-assad-1466121933?mod=e2tw

          1. Omega Avatar
            Omega

            The neo-conversative/zionist warmongering degenerates will not top until they have their WWIII. I hope Russia teaches them a lesson they won’t forget.

    2. Rudy1947 Avatar
      Rudy1947

      Compensation has been paid to Iran for flight 655. Hopefully Iranian pilots will answer challenges from now on. Oh, Israel had nothing to do with it, except of course to folks like you and Hind.

      1. Omega Avatar
        Omega

        I stand corrected about the paid compensation for Flight 655.

        As for Beirut’s barracks, I did not say what I wrote. IsraHell did have foreknowledge about what happened.

        1. Hind Abyad Avatar
          Hind Abyad

          Let him talk to the wind he makes no sense.

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