Legal Opinion
Abedinigalangashy v. Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 18, 2024No. Civil Action No. 2023-1105Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELNAZ ABEDINIGALANGASHY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 23-1105 (JEB) THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs are immediate relatives of Saeed Abedini, an American who spent several years in captivity in Iran. In July 2012, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps took him hostage and detained him until January 2016. During those three and a half years, Abedini was interrogated, tortured, and beaten. After successful lawsuits, he and his sister, Zibandeh Abedini…
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