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Ninth Circuit Ruling on Gaza Death and Collection Case
Metropolitain News-Enterprise summarizes the Ninth Circuit holding that deals with the issue whether Bank Saderat Iran was a juridical entity separate from Iran. While Iran is generally entitled to sovereign immunity, the United States Congress had carved an exception in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. The bank as the defendant was not shown to be an arm of the excepted nation, the appellate court determined. As a result, a judgment against Iran cannot be enforced against the bank's holdings in the United States. Some $26 million has already been paid to the victim's family under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 but the plaintiff lawyer is said to complain that the State Department supports Iran.
Fri, / / Embassy Law Link
