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OVEISSI v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

No. 07-7132.

573 F.3d 835 (2009)

Amir Reza OVEISSI, Appellant v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN and Iranian Ministry of Information and Security, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 28, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Spertus argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Ezra D. Landes.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.

GARLAND, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff in this case is the grandson of Gholam Oveissi, who was chief of the Iranian armed forces under the Shah's regime. Members of the terrorist organization Hezbollah, operating under the name Islamic Jihad, assassinated Oveissi in Paris in 1984. In 2003, the plaintiff sued the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Iranian Ministry of Information and Security (MOIS) in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, alleging...

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