Legal Opinion
Akins v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 16, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2017-0675Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TODD AKINS, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 17-675 (BAH) v. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION On June 25, 1996, a devastating terrorist bomb exploded at the Khobar Towers apartment complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia that housed United States military personnel and contractors and resulted in the death of nineteen American service members and injuries to scores of other residents. Compl. at 3 & ¶ 28, ECF No. 1. Fifteen of the injured service members, along with twenty-three…
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