Oveissi v. Islamic Republic of Iran

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) AMIR REZA OVEISSI, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) 03-cv-1197 (RCL) ) THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, et al. ) ) Defendants. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER I. INTRODUCTION This case arises out of the assassination of Gholam Ali Oveissi, a military leader in pre- revolution Iran, who was gunned down on a Paris street in February 1984 by the agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran (“Iran”) and its intelligence service, the Iranian Ministry of Information and Security (“MOIS”). Plaintiff Amir Reza Oveissi, grandson to the senior Oveissi, brought…