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ROEDER v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

No. 10-5355.

646 F.3d 56 (2011)

David M. ROEDER, et al., Appellants v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN and United States of America, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 15, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Terwilliger III argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Daniel B. Levin , V. Thomas Lankford , and Terrance G. Reed.

Lewis S. Yelin , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee United States of America. With him on the brief were Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Ronald C. Machen , U.S. Attorney, and Douglas N. Letter , Attorney. R. Craig Lawrence , Assistant U.S. Attorney, entered an appearance.

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.

RANDOLPH, Senior Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs are Americans taken hostage in Iran in November 1979, and their families. The Iranians held the hostages for nearly 15 months. They were freed only when the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran entered into the Algiers Accords. See generally Iran—United States: Settlement of the Hostage Crisis, 20 I.L.M. 223 (1981). In the Accords, the United States made promises to Iran in order to secure the hostages...

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