mar 12, 1998 - Iran Is Sued Using a U.S. Anti-Terrorism Law

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A Federal District Court judge orders the Iranian government to pay $247.5 million in damages to the family of a 20-year-old New Jersey exchange student who was killed in a terrorist bombing in 1995. Antiterrorism Act of 1996, which allows American citizens to sue foreign governments for criminal acts committed outside the United States.

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