Legal Opinion
Frost v. Islamic Republic Iran
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 31, 2019No. Civil Action No. 17-603 (TJK)PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMOTHY J. KELLY, United States District Judge
In January 2016, Waiel El-Maadawy, Amr Mohamed, and Russell Frost-U.S. citizens serving as private defense contractors in Baghdad, Iraq-were kidnapped and detained for a month by the militant group Saraya al-Salam. That group was controlled by Muqtada al-Sadr, an Iraqi insurgent, politician, and cleric, and supported by Iran. El-Maadawy, Mohamed, and Frost sued Iran for its material support for their kidnapping under the terrorism exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. After proper service and an entry of default, they moved for…
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