Estate of Hirshfeld v. Islamic Republic of Iran

In the instant case, there is more than a "reasonable connection" between Iran's provision of material support, in the form of financing, weapons, training and ideological support, and the act of terrorism in this case. Plaintiffs presented expert testimony that Iran's support of Hamas was given to allow this group to commit precisely the type of militant terrorist act in Israel as occurred in this case. Clawson Tr. 74 (Hamas was founded in 1987 to carry out militant attacks against Israel, and Iran turned to Hamas as the "principal instrument" they used to sponsor terrorist attacks against…