Legal Opinion
Oveissi v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 25, 2012No. 11-cv-849 (RCL)PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This action arises out of the brutal February 1984 assassination of General Gholam Ali Oveissi on the streets of Paris, France. The plaintiff, Amir Reza Oveissi, is General Oveissi’s grandson. This action is brought against defendants Islamic Republic of Iran (“Iran”) and the Iranian Ministry of Information and Security (“MOIS”) under the state-sponsored terrorism exception of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330,1602 et seq., which was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for…
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