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OVEISSI v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

No. 11-cv-849 (RCL).

879 F.Supp.2d 44 (2012)

Amir Reza OVEISSI, Plaintiff, v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 25, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Akin M. Alcitepe, Bailey Law, PC, Washington, DC, Ezra D. Landes, James W. Spertus, Law Offices of James W. Spertus, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This action arises out of the brutal February 1984 assassination of General Gholam Ali Oveissi on the streets of Paris, France. The plaintiff, Amir Reza Oveissi, is General Oveissi's grandson. This action is brought against defendants Islamic Republic of Iran ("Iran") and the Iranian Ministry of Information and Security ("MOIS") under the state-sponsored terrorism exception of the...

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