Legal Opinion
Abedini v. Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 13, 2019No. Civil Action No. 2018-0588Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SAEED ABEDINI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 18-588 (JEB) THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Saeed Abedini has spent 1,268 days of his life in captivity. In July 2012, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps took him hostage and detained him until January 2016. For three and a half years, Abedini was interrogated, tortured, and beaten. He and his sister, Zibandeh Abedini Galangashy, now come before this Court seeking recompense for their injuries and punishment for…
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