Iranian Foreign Ministry officials issued a statement today criticizing the attempt by US lawyers to seize Iranian money held abroad to pay for a US-based lawsuit in which a New York judge ordered Iran to pay $7 billion in damages for 9/11.
That Iran didn’t do 9/11 was a key part of Iran’s unsuccessful defense in the lawsuit, which seemed very much beside the point in the case, and the Obama Administration and Congress authorized seizing Iranian funds irrespective of long-standing sovereign immunity prohibitions against such lawsuits.
Now, Iranian officials say the US is trying to take its rare domestic exemption to sovereign immunity global, pressuring a Luxembourg bank to hand over $1.6 billion in Iranian funds to pay for part of the lawsuit. The US also attempted to seize a building in New York that was at one point owned by Iran, though the fact Iran didn’t own it anymore ultimately overturned that order.
This has left the US with a legal ruling that Iran owes money for 9/11, despite not being behind 9/11, and no Iranian money to take. While the US has a lot of international influence, it remains to be seen if other countries will knuckle under in this case, since Iran obviously wasn’t behind 9/11 in the first place.
None of the perpetrates were Iranian, Al Qaeda was and is a Sunni Organisation, and has had no ties to the Iranian Government.
On what evidence was Iran ‘convicted’ of 9/11? Was the Judge taking mind altering substances?
On what evidence? – just because we hate you —-we will come up with reasons later. Speaking of 9-11, wasn’t Trump in favor of re-opening this box of garbage? I can think of no better way of draining the swamp quickly.
WoW…..!!!!!!!!!!! You are a genius… It would cause an Exodus of certain types like America has never before seen. Not to mention it would reduce “security” costs by billions.. If it’s the goober mints making the terror, as I suspect with monetary inducements as I believe.. All those TSA & goo beer mint and assored wanna bee contractor spooks can go.
That as may be, but why would your, or the Judges, hatred of Austrians, have any relevance to a case against Iran?
The judge issued a vacant decision because Iran did not appear in court (I don’t blame them, that would acknowledge our jurisdiction). He used some junk science that our Pentagon came up with that claims that they have cooperated with Al Qaeda since 9/11 and made the leap that this proves that this proves that they assisted in 9/11.
Using this logic Pakistan and Saudi Arabia would be on the hook for twice the amount BUT we have a law that gives sovereign immunity to countries unless they are on the ‘state sponsor of terrorism list’ which is very convenient. There are only about 5 countries on the list.
Iran was railroaded, the alleged connections to Al Qaeda are very, very, dodgy.
That ‘vacant’ ruling has already been successfully used to attach a building owned by ‘Iran’ in Canada. The Canadian court upheld an order – based on the US court ruling – even though the Iranians opposed it in the Canadian court.
The ‘mind-altering substance’ is the Hollywood version of reality where the good guys are Americans and the bad guys are anybody we choose to demonize.
Iran did 9/11? Very unlikely. More than 3000 professionals question who did 9/11. — http://www.twf.org/News/Y2011/0911-Muslims.html
Certainly very few members of the American Bar Association question 9/11 – the benefit directly from all of this.
It’s not just unlikely that Iran did it, it’s positively for sure. What is likely from your link is that the Martians did it or Cheney did it with holographic projections of airplanes in the sky. Just ask baby jesus, he’s always just above America in the clouds looking down.
Don, if you want to argue with these guys — http://patriotsquestion911.com be my guest.
Iran didn’t actually appear in a U.S. court to defend themselves so the judge issued a vacant decision against them. Would the U.S. appear in an Iranian court? Of course not, this is why this was a perversion of our Judicial system.
Since we were intent on railroading Iran for something they did not do then we should have had Congress or the Executive branch give an edict to at least not tarnish our legal system and pretend that there was any due process.
The reason that any victim country of the US needs to either have their own nuclear weapons or become a proxy country to another super power that will install nuclear weapons on Iran’s soil.
“That Iran didn’t do 9/11 was a key part of Iran’s unsuccessful defense in the lawsuit”
Facts and logic have no place in the Empire of Chaos.
Jungle law to sieze the money.
One law for the west jungle law to Muslim world.
Who will keep these bastards honest?
How about compensation for Iraq, Afghanistan invasions and drone assassinations ?
Who would be surprised if nuclear device obtain by those effected with these invasions and one of the city’s fate will be like Hiroshima? As Bill gate made a comment regarding obtaining nuclear device by terrorists.
I guess some people have to be lucky only one time.
And we public have to be lucky unknown times to not to be disturbed.