Legal Opinion
Oveissi v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 8, 2011No. 1:03-mc-01197PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Amir Reza Oveissi brought this suit over seven years ago, seeking to hold defendants Islamic Republic of Iran (“Iran”) and the Iranian Ministry of Information Security (“MOIS”) liable for the assassination of his grandfather, Gholam Oveissi. Gholam Oveissi was a general and high-ranking official in Iran prior to the 1979 revolution, which saw the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini and the transformation of Iran into an Islamic state. Shortly before the revolution, General Oveissi and his family fled to the United…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Peterson v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2007
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3Cited by136 opinions
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