Legal Opinion
Heaton v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 15, 2026No. Civil Action No. 2019-3003Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARY B. HEATON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 19-cv-3003-JMC-MJS THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN Defendant. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION This is a case brought by several hundred plaintiffs—including U.S. servicemembers, military contractors, and the family members of both—based on a series of deadly attacks during the Iraq War. Invoking the terrorism exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), Plaintiffs pursue recovery from the Islamic Republic of Iran for the injuries they sustained from the attacks. After Iran failed to…
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