Legal Opinion
Boothe v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 24, 2026No. Civil Action No. 2022-1747Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SHASTRI BOOTHE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. No. 22-cv-1747 (TSC) ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs are six U.S. service members, each of whom was injured in terrorist attacks while deployed to Afghanistan, and thirteen members of their immediate families. 1 They sued the Islamic Republic of Iran under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), alleging that Iran provided material support to a syndicate of terrorist groups which enabled those groups to carry out the attacks which injured Plaintiffs.…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Mwani, Odilla Mutaka v. Bin Ladin, UsamaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2005
- Rothstein v. UBS AGCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2013
- Valore v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- James Owens v. Republic of SudanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2017
- Kilburn v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab JamahiriyaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2004
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