STERN v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

No. 1:00CV02602 (RCL).

271 F.Supp.2d 286 (2003)

Shaul STERN, Individually and as legal representative of the Estate of Leah Stern, Joseph Stern, Shimson Stern, Yocheved Kushner, Plaintiffs, v. The ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, (aka Iran, the Republic of Iran, Republic of Iran, the Government of Iran, Iranian Government, and Imperial Government of Iran) the Iranian Ministry of Information and Security, Ayatollah Ali Hoseini Khamenei, Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, and Ali Fallahian-Khuzestani, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Miller, Westerman Ball Ederer Miller & Sharstein, LLP, Mineola, NY, for Plaintiffs.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

LAMBERTH, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

This is an action for wrongful death, personal injury and related torts against the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Iranian Ministry of Information and Security, and three senior officials of the Iranian government. The decedent, Leah Stern, was a United States citizen who was killed at the age of 69 in the terrorist bombing in a market in Jerusalem...

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