Legal Opinion
Jenny Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 19, 2016No. 14-1935PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*473SYKES, Circuit Judge.
In September 1997 three Hamas suicide bombers blew themselves up on a crowded pedestrian mall in Jerusalem. Among those grievously injured were eight U.S. citizens who later joined with a handful of their close relatives to file a civil action against the Islamic Republic of Iran for its role in providing material support to the attackers. Iran was subject to suit as a state sponsor of terrorism under the terrorism exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), then codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(7). A district judge in the District of Columbia entered a…
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