Legal Opinion
Hamen v. Islamic Republic of Iran
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 18, 2018No. Civil No. 16-1394 (RDM)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RANDOLPH D. MOSS, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs, the estate of John Hamen, Mark McAlister, and eleven of their family members, bring this action against Defendants, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Syrian Arab Republic, under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and Virginia law. Plaintiffs allege that Hamen and *197McAlister were taken hostage from the Sana'a airport in Yemen by the Houthis, a rebel group, and that members of the group subsequently detained and tortured both men, killing Hamen after eighteen days and releasing McAlister after six months. Dkt. 1 at 13-16 (Compl. ¶¶…
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