JAFARI v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

No. 81 C 4043.

539 F.Supp. 209 (1982)

Kianoosh JAFARI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

April 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene P. Thomas, Jr., Schwartzberg, Barnett & Cohen, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Donald C. Shine, Nisen Elliott & Meier, Chicago, Ill., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, District Judge.

One former and three present Iranian nationals living in the United States have sued the current government of Iran ("Iran") to recover money owed them for what they claim was wrongful expropriation of their property in Iran. Kianoosh Jafari ("Kianoosh") became a United States citizen March 17, 1981 (after the seizure but before filing this suit), while Javad Jafari ("Javad"), Ashraf Olhajieh Solemaini...

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