Kilburn v. Islamic Republic of Iran

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

RICARDO M. URBINA, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

1. The plaintiffs bring this action pursuant to the “terrorism exception” to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1605A. Am. Compl. ¶ 28-31. The case arises out of the kidnapping of Peter C. Kilburn in late November or early December 1984, his subsequent sixteen month period as a hostage, and his April 1986 murder. Id. ¶ 14-18. At the time he was abducted, Peter Kilburn was a librarian and instructor of library sciences at the American University of Beirut (“AUB”) in Beirut, Lebanon,…