Legal Opinion
Farhat v. Iran, the Islamic Republic of
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 21, 2024No. Civil Action No. 2019-3631Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ESTATE OF KHALIL FARHAT, et al. Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 19-cv-03631-RCL THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Four decades ago, the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, was blown to pieces by a suicide bomber. At the time, it was among the largest non-nuclear explosions ever detonated on the face of the Earth. Hundreds were slaughtered in that act of terror. Many more were injured. Among the victims were Khalil Farhat, an elderly kiosk owner at the barracks who was killed in the blast,…
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