22
FSIA, Paris Assassination
On March 12, 2009, the Legal Times reported on the current appeal by Amir Reza Oveissi against Iran regarding the 1984 assassination in Paris, France, of his grandfather by the Islamic Jihad.
The complaint in Amir Reza Oveissi v. The Islamic Republic of Iran, et al. no. 03-1197, was dismissed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on foreign sovereign immunity grounds in August 2007.
The court commended Oveissi for his courage and steadfastness of character in his pursuit of this litigation finding Iran […] culpable in the brutal murder of plaintiff's grandfather, Gholam Ali Oveissi. Sadly, however, damages are unavailable to plaintiff under the laws of the United States, id. at 23. -- Stephanie Petrew, legal assistant, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington, DC.
Thu, / Embassy Law Link