{"id":24809,"date":"2016-04-22T02:11:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T02:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/iran-us-supreme-court-ruling-on-beirut-blast-a\/"},"modified":"2016-04-22T02:11:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T02:11:28","slug":"iran-us-supreme-court-ruling-on-beirut-blast-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/iran-us-supreme-court-ruling-on-beirut-blast-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: US Supreme Court ruling on Beirut blast a ‘theft’"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Iran rejects ruling in which $2bn in frozen Iranian funds will be given to families of victims of 1983 Beirut blast.}<\/p>\n

Iran has rejected a ruling by the US Supreme Court that clears the way for families of victims of the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut and other attacks to collect nearly $2bn in frozen Iranian funds.<\/p>\n

The state IRNA news agency quoted the spokesman of Iran’s foreign ministry, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, as saying on Thursday that “such a verdict is a theft of the assets and properties of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”<\/p>\n

From the United Nations, Ansari spoke to IRNA and said Wednesday’s ruling is “tantamount to a ridicule of justice and law”.<\/p>\n

The ruling directly affects relatives of victims, including families of the 241 US service members who died in the Beirut bombing.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit was brought by more than 1,000 Americans who have waged a long legal battle seeking compensation for attacks they say Iran orchestrated.<\/p>\n

The plaintiffs accused Iran of providing material support to Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shia political and military group responsible for the truck bomb attack at the Marine compound in Beirut.<\/p>\n

Iran denies any links to the attack.<\/p>\n

The plaintiffs also sought compensation related to other attacks including the 1996 Khobar Towers truck bombing in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 US service members.<\/p>\n

After lobbying by the families, the Obama administration, the US Senate, and a legal group representing leaders of the House of Representatives all filed court papers backing the families.<\/p>\n

In 2012 the US Congress passed a law stating that the frozen funds should go towards satisfying a $2.65bn judgment won by the families against Iran in US federal court in 2007.<\/p>\n

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