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MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND SUPPORT FOR ARMED FORCES OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN v. ELAHI

No. 04-1095.

546 U.S. 450 (2006)

MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND SUPPORT FOR ARMED FORCES OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN v. ELAHI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 2006.

PER CURIAM.

A private citizen seeks to attach an asset belonging to Iran's Ministry of Defense in order to help satisfy a judgment for money damages. The question raised is whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (Act), 28 U.S.C. § 1602 et seq. (2000 ed. and Supp. III), forbids that attachment.

The judgment for money damages consists of a default judgment against the Islamic Republic of Iran (for about

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